LEADER 03977nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910777872603321 005 20230207224848.0 010 $a0-8047-6778-5 010 $a1-4294-5679-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804767781 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471053 035 $a(OCoLC)86105775 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10156549 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096935 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096935 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083015 035 $a(PQKB)10585953 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037539 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10156549 035 $a(OCoLC)923699960 035 $a(DE-B1597)581404 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804767781 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471053 100 $a20060320d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aActivism, inc$b[electronic resource] $ehow the outsourcing of grassroots campaigns is strangling progressive politics in America /$fDana R. Fisher 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (165 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8047-5217-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-142) and index. 327 $aThe man, the message, and the members : the 3Ms of politics in America today -- Institutionalizing activism : the people's project -- Making a difference as a canvasser : jobs with a conscience -- Outsourcing activism : politics and the bottom line -- Laying sod vs. cultivating the grass : a post-mortem on the 2004 election -- Where do we go from here? the future of grassroots politics in America. 330 $aActivism, Inc. introduces America to an increasingly familiar political actor: the canvasser. She's the twenty-something with the clipboard, stopping you on the street or knocking on your door, the foot soldier of political campaigns. Granted unprecedented access to the "People's Project," an unknown yet influential organization driving left-leaning grassroots politics, Dana Fisher tells the true story of outsourcing politics in America. Like the major corporations that outsourced their customer service to companies abroad, the grassroots campaigns of national progressive movements?including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Save the Children, and the Human Rights Campaign?have been outsourced at different times to this single organization. During the 2004 presidential campaign, the Democratic Party followed a similar outsourcing model for their canvassing. Fisher examines the history and rationale behind political outsourcing on the Left, weaving together frank interviews with canvassers, high-ranking political officials across the political spectrum, and People's Project management. She compares all of this to the grassroots efforts on the Right, which remain firmly grounded in communities and local politics. This book offers a chilling review of the consequences of political outsourcing. Connecting local people on the streets throughout America to the national organizations and political campaigns that make up progressive politics, it shows what happens to the passionate young activists outsourced to the clients of Activism, Inc. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 606 $aCampaign management$xContracting out$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical activists$zUnited States 606 $aSocial movements$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aCampaign management$xContracting out 615 0$aPolitical activists 615 0$aSocial movements 676 $a322.40973 700 $aFisher$b Dana$f1971-$01511983 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777872603321 996 $aActivism, inc$93745605 997 $aUNINA