No shortcuts : organizing for power in the new gilded age /

Today's progressives have given up on organizing and now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington. Meanwhile, promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter cannot build enough power to accomplish meaningful change. In No Shortc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McAlevey, Jane (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Community organization. Community power. Social movements. Organisation communautaire. Pouvoir communautaire. Mouvements sociaux. community organizations. social movements. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Community organization Community power Social movements Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; No Shortcuts; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. The Power to Win is in the Community, Not the Boardroom; 3. Nursing Home Unions: Class Snuggle vs. Class Struggle; 4. Chicago Teachers: Building a Resilient Union; 5. Smithfield Foods: Huge Success You've Hardly Heard About; 6. Make the Road New York; 7. Conclusion: Pretend Power vs. Actual Power; Notes; Bibliography; Index.