People Power : The Community Organizing Tradition of Saul Alinsky /

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"People Power is about how people can effectively organize to pursue justice, what power structures do in response to organizing, and how to beat the powers that be. Providing a vibrant story of many different organizers and organizations, its lessons are essential if we are to restore American...

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Otros Autores: Miller, Mike, 1937-, Schutz, Aaron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Alinsky, Saul D., > 1909-1972
Alinsky, Saul D., > 1909-1972 > Political and social views.
Social reformers.
Social justice.
Radicals.
Political and social views.
Political activists.
Democracy.
Community organization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Activistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Reformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Radicaux (Politique) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
Organisation communautaire > États-Unis.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Radicals > United States > Biography.
Democracy > United States.
Social justice > United States.
Community organization > United States.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Why is Alinsky important today? / Mike Miller
  • Part I: Introduction. Editors' introduction / Mike Miller and Aaron Schutz ; Saul Alinsky and his core concepts / Mike Miller ; What is an organizer? (1973) / Richard Rothstein
  • Part II: Alinsky's colleagues. Section A: Nicholas von Hoffman : the Woodlawn Organization and the Civil Rights Movement in the north. An Introduction to Nicholas von Hoffman / Aaron Schutz ; The Woodlawn Organization : assorted essays (1961-1969) / Various Authors ; Questions and answers (1959) / Saul Alinsky, Nicholas von Hoffman, and Lester Hunt ; Finding and making leaders (1963) / Nicholas von Hoffman
  • Section B: Fred Ross : organizing Mexican Americans in the west. Fred Ross and the house-meeting approach / Various Authors ; Cesar Chavez and the fate of farmworker organizing / Mike Miller ; Dolores Huerta and Gil Padilla / Various Authors
  • Section C: Tom Gaudette and His Legacy. Tom Gaudette : an oral history / Various Speakers ; Shel Trapp and Gale Cincotta / Various Authors ; What every community organization should know about community development (1975) / Stan Holt ; John Baumann and the PICO National Network / interviewed by Mike Miller
  • Section D: Dick Harmon. An introduction to Dick Harmon / Various Authors ; Making an offer we can't refuse (1973) / Dick Harmon
  • Section E: Ed Chambers and the Industrial Areas Foundation (LAF). Ed Chambers : The IAF Institute and the post-Alinsky IAF / Mike Miller ; Organizing for family and congregation (1978) / Industrial Areas Foundation ; Relationship and power : an interview with Ernesto Cortes Jr. (1993) / Noelle McAfee ; A call for organizing, confrontation, and community building (1995) / Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood ; Standing for the whole (1990) / Industrial Areas Foundation
  • Part III: Different directions. Section A: Heather Booth, Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action. An introduction to Heather Booth, the Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action / Aaron Schutz, with commentary by Mike Miller ; Direct action organizing : a handbook for women : Chapter 1 (1974) / Heather Booth
  • Section B: Wade Rathke and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). An introduction to Wade Rathke and ACORN / Aaron Schutz ; ACORN community organizing model (1973) / Wade Rathke ; The story of an ACORN organizer : Madeline Talbott / interviewed by Mike Miller
  • Part IV: Concluding commentaries. The state of organizing / Mike Miller ; Thinking beyond the present / Aaron Schutz.

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