num_pages: 248
description: Wellstone's first book, published in 1978 when he was a professor at Carleton College in MN. Describes Wellstone's grassroots work with OBRC (Organization for a Better Rice Country) which helped poor people gain a political voice to get better health and welfare benefits.
language: English
title: How the Rural Poor Got Power: Narrative of a Grass-Roots Organizer
titlecomplete: How the Rural Poor Got Power: Narrative of a Grass-Roots Organizer
ratings_count: 34
publisher: University of Minnesota Press