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
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  • pt. 1. Reclaiming America outside the electoral process: national anti-sweatshop campaigns and the movement for a living wage. 1. Just don't buy it: challenging Nike and the rules of the global economy. 2. From challenging American sweatshops to a movement for a global living wage
  • pt. 2. Reclaiming America through the political process: national environmental activism and the Pentagon redirection campaign. 3. The new national environmental activism. 4. The Pentagon: reclaiming America by giving peace a chance
  • pt. 3. Resources for national activism: community-based organizations, the media, and the Internet. 5. Community-based nonprofit organizations: from demobilizers to agents of change. 6. The media: mobilizing through the echo effect.

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