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Collective action for social change : an introduction to community organizing / Aaron Schutz and Marie G. Sandy.
- Title
- Collective action for social change : an introduction to community organizing / Aaron Schutz and Marie G. Sandy.
- Author
- Schutz, Aaron
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HN65 .S4294 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sandy, Marie G., 1968-
- Description
- viii, 300 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This book draws from both authors' extensive experience participating in community organizing efforts and teaching courses on community organizing to novices"--
- Subject
- Community organization > United States
- Social change > United States
- Community organization > United States > Case studies
- Social change > United States > Case studies
- Organisation communautaire > États-Unis
- Organisation communautaire > États-Unis > Études de cas
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Volunteer Work
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Philanthropy & Charity
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work
- Changement social
- Sciences sociales
- Travail non rémunéré
- Travail social
- Organisation administrative
- Leadership
- Community organization
- Social change
- Sozialer Wandel
- Gemeinwesenarbeit
- Etats-Unis d'Amérique
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- What is community organizing? -- What isn't community organizing? -- Collective action in twentieth-century America: a brief history -- Saul Alinsky: the "father" of community organizing -- Campaign versus community organizing: storytelling in Obama's 2008 presidential campaign -- A theology of organizing: from Alinsky to the modern IAF / Mark R. Warren -- Organizing through "door knocking" within ACORN / Heidi Swarts -- Mixing metaphors and integrating organizing models / Marie Sandy -- Private--civic--public -- One-on-one interviews -- Leadership -- Power and targets -- "Cutting an issue" -- Tactics and strategy -- "Hope is on the ground" -- Appendix: Recommendations for further reading.
- ISBN
- 9780230105379
- 0230105378
- 9780230111257
- 0230111254
- LCCN
- 2010041384
- 3482461
- OCLC
- 567166006
- SCSB-12008968
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library