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Case Study: The Closing of the Arizona Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice and Implications on Barriers to Civic Engagement in its Wake

abstract: The Arizona Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice (AIAWJ) was a mediating structure for those who wanted to be civically engaged in the labor movement and other coalitions in Phoenix, Arizona. It not only served its constituents, but it integrated, educated, and empowered them. Due to lack of funding the AIAWJ closed in the summer of 2016. Many community members from marginalized neighborhoods, other concerned citizens, students, myself, and others participated in their first and only civic engagement opportunities through this organization and were subsequently left with no connections, a barrier to being civically engaged. Through interviews and secondary data research, the relationship between people, mediating structures, and civic engagement activity are examined. The key findings support existing research that emphasizes the importance of mediating structures when it comes to civic engagement. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Interdisciplinary Studies 2016

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:41259
Date January 2016
ContributorsSickler, Shawn Sickler (Author), Luna, Ilana (Advisor), Hager, Mark (Committee member), Keahey, Jennifer (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format114 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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