Community organizing : fanning the flame of democracy / / David S. Walls

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910157455703321
• Autore: Walls David S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7456-8816-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Collana: Social Movements Series
• Disciplina: 307
• Soggetti: Community organization - United States; Communities - Political activity - United States; Community activists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; TitlePage; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Making Change; 2 Saul Alinsky and the Industrial Areas Foundation; 3 An Organizing Worldview; 4 Tools of the Trade; 5 New Networks Innovate; 6 Organizing and Electoral Politics; 7 Alternative Approaches; 8 What's Next?; Acknowledgements; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This incisive book provides a critical history and analysis of community organizing, the tradition of bringing groups together to build power and forge grassroots leadership for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice. Begun by Saul Alinsky in the 1930s, there are today nearly 200 institution-based groups active in 40 U.S. states, and the movement is spreading internationally. David Walls charts how community organizing has transcended the neighborhood to seek power and influence at the metropolitan, state, and national levels, together with such allies as unions and human rights a