STOREFRONT (49 minutes, black and white, 1967). Written, produced, and directed by Herbert Danska for Lincoln Hospital Mental Health Services, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and the Community Action Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity. For information about purchase or rental, apply to Herbert Danska Films, Inc., 240 West 98th Street, New York, New York 10025

1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-125
Author(s):  
Jack Neher
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Albert Einstein College ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Action Program ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Office Of Economic Opportunity ◽  
Yeshiva University ◽  
Community Action Program

Forms of Representation: Participation of the Poor in the Community Action Program

1970 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
Descriptive Representation ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Action Program ◽  
Formal Representation ◽  
Interest Representation ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Community Action Program

Debate over representation has been a continuing part of the Western political tradition at least since the writings of Hobbes. Recently, Hanna Pitkin, using the tools of linguistic analysis, has clarified, if not resolved, the debate by examining the disparate uses of the term in both political and non-political discourse. In order to elucidate the issues, she discussed such different forms of representation as formal representation, descriptive representation, substantive representation and interest representation. In this paper I will utilize the distinctions she has developed as a framework for analyzing the process of representation within the community action program of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) during its initial formative period (1964-1966) in the cities of Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City.I will argue that 1) the manner of selecting representatives of the poor (formal representation) was a function of the political resources of competing interests in the city; 2) the orientations (interest representativeness) of the formal representatives affected their influence (actual representation); 3) the influence (actual representation) of the formal representatives affected the level of intra-neighborhood conflict, which in turn affected the representatives' orientations (interest representation); 4) the character of the actual and interest representation was affected by the type of formal representation; and 5) the social characteristics of the representatives (descriptive representation) influenced the character of actual and interest representation.

scholarly journals Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

2000 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S230-S231
Author(s):  
ALBERT S. KUPERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Albert Einstein College ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Yeshiva University
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