商品簡介
Van Til (urban studies, Rutgers U.) explores conflict and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland through a regional perspective centered on the city of Derry. Chapters discuss the characteristics of Derry's civil society; issues of youth development and youth leadership; the demographics of Protestant Unionists; "strategic resegregation" of the Protestant community; and policy issues concerning education, policing, community organization, and economic development, among other topics. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Jon Van Til is Professor of Urban Studies at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. He has served as Fulbright Distinguished Scholar (2004) and Fulbright Senior Specialist (2006) at the University of Ulster, and is the author of ten books, including Mapping the Third Sector (1988) and Growing Civil Society (2000). Van Til served as Editor-in-Chief of the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly from 1977 to 1989, was twice elected president of the Association for Research in Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), and received that association's Career Award for Distinguished Research and Service in 1994.
