People Power : The Community Organizing Tradition of Saul Alinsky / edited by Aaron Schutz and Mike Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Mike, 1937-

Schutz, Aaron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Social reformers.

Radicals--United States--Biography.

Radicals.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Community organization--United States.

Community organization.

Alinsky, Saul D., 1909-1972--Political and social views.

Alinsky, Saul D.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Why Is Alinsky Important Today?; Part I: Introduction; 1. Editors' Introduction; 2. Saul Alinsky and His Core Concepts; 3. What Is an Organizer? (1973); Part II: Alinsky's Colleagues; Section A. Nicholas von Hoffman: The Woodlawn Organization and the Civil Rights Movement in the North; 4. An Introduction to Nicholas von Hoffman; 5. The Woodlawn Organization: Assorted Essays (1961-1969); 6. Questions and Answers (1959); 7. Finding and Making Leaders (1963); Section B. Fred Ross: Organizing Mexican Americans in the West

8. Fred Ross and the House-Meeting Approach9. Cesar Chavez and the Fate of Farmworker Organizing; 10. Dolores Huerta and Gil Padilla; Section C. Tom Gaudette and His Legacy; 11. Tom Gaudette: An Oral History; 12. Shel Trapp and Gale Cincotta; 13. What Every Community Organization Should Know about Community Development (1975); 14. John Baumann and the PICO National Network; Section D. Dick Harmon; 15. An Introduction to Dick Harmon; 16. Making an Offer We Can't Refuse (1973); Section E. Ed Chambers and the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)

17. Ed Chambers: The IAF Institute and the Post-Alinsky IAF18. Organizing for Family and Congregation (1978); 19. Relationship and Power: An Interview with Ernesto Cortes Jr. (1993); 20. A Call for Organizing, Confrontation, and Community Building (1995); 21. Standing for the Whole (1990); Part III: Different Directions; Section A. Heather Booth, Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action; 22. An Introduction to Heather Booth, the Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action; 23. Direct Action Organizing: A Handbook for Women: Chapter 1 (1974)

Section B. Wade Rathke and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)24. An Introduction to Wade Rathke and ACORN; 25. ACORN Community Organizing Model (1973); 26. The Story of an ACORN Organizer: Madeline Talbott; Part IV: Concluding Commentaries; 27. The State of Organizing; 28. Thinking beyond the Present; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826503657

0826503659

9780826520418

0826520413

OCLC:

908671890