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Aaron Schutz, Mike Miller
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An edition of People power (2015)

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 democracy"--

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Subjects
Democracy, Social justice, Political and social views, Radicals, ACORN (Organization), Biography, Community organization, Political activists, Social reformers
People
Saul David Alinsky (1909-1972)
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United States

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People Power: The Community Organizing Tradition of Saul Alinsky
2015, Vanderbilt University Press
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.30973
Library of Congress
HN90.C64 P46 2015, HN90.C64P46 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 352 pages
Number of pages
352

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OL27181152M
ISBN 10
0826520413, 0826520421
ISBN 13
9780826520418, 9780826520425
LCCN
2014012672
OCLC/WorldCat
886488009

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