Reclaiming America : Nike, clean air, and the new national activism /

Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage ""Think Globally, Act Locally"" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive foc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Randy, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Social action > United States.
Community organization > United States.
Political participation > United States.
Social movements > United States.
Government, Resistance to > United States.
Action sociale > États-Unis.
Organisation communautaire > États-Unis.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis.
Résistance au gouvernement > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Social movements
Government, Resistance to
Community organization
Political participation
Social action
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage ""Think Globally, Act Locally"" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive focus on local issues. America's political and corporate elite has succeeded in controlling the national agenda, while their adversaries--the citizen activists and organizations who spent.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-306) and index.
ISBN:9780520922556
0520922557
0585273243
9780585273242

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