Cultural Changes and Community Economic Development Initiatives in Legal Services: What Happened in Two Programs

You must be a Clearinghouse Review subscriber to view this article. Log in or subscribe.

Community economic development work is rooted in the belief that poor people can seize control of their own social and economic agenda. Integrating this work into a program's advocacy approach involves a departure from traditional, litigation-oriented poverty law practice, and this presents various challenges.

By William C. Kennedy, Gary F. Smith, and R. Mona Tawatao From November - December 1999