People power
Subtitle: the community organizing tradition of Saul Alinsky
By: edited by Aaron Schutz and Mike Miller
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780826520418; 9780826520425
Subjects: Democracy; Social justice; Political and social views; Radicals; ACORN (Organization); Biography; Community organization; Political activists; Social reformers
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Why is Alinsky important today? /  Mike Miller; title: Part I: Introduction.  Editors' introduction / Mike Miller and Aaron Schutz ; Saul Alinsky and his core concepts / Mike Miller ; What is an organizer? (1973) / Richard Rothstein; title: Part II: Alinsky's colleagues. Section A: Nicholas von Hoffman : the Woodlawn Organization and the Civil Rights Movement in the north.  An Introduction to Nicholas von Hoffman / Aaron Schutz ; The Woodlawn Organization : assorted essays (1961-1969) / Various Authors ; Questions and answers (1959) / Saul Alinsky, Nicholas von Hoffman, and Lester Hunt ; Finding and making leaders (1963) / Nicholas von Hoffman; title: Section B: Fred Ross : organizing Mexican Americans in the west.  Fred Ross and the house-meeting approach / Various Authors ; Cesar Chavez and the fate of farmworker organizing / Mike Miller ; Dolores Huerta and Gil Padilla / Various Authors; title: Section C: Tom Gaudette and His Legacy.  Tom Gaudette : an oral history / Various Speakers ; Shel Trapp and Gale Cincotta / Various Authors ; What every community organization should know about community development (1975) / Stan Holt ; John Baumann and the PICO National Network / interviewed by Mike Miller; title: Section D: Dick Harmon.  An introduction to Dick Harmon / Various Authors ; Making an offer we can't refuse (1973) / Dick Harmon; title: Section E: Ed Chambers and the Industrial Areas Foundation (LAF).  Ed Chambers : The IAF Institute and the post-Alinsky IAF / Mike Miller ; Organizing for family and congregation (1978) / Industrial Areas Foundation ; Relationship and power : an interview with Ernesto Cortes Jr. (1993) / Noelle McAfee ; A call for organizing, confrontation, and community building (1995) / Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood ; Standing for the whole (1990) / Industrial Areas Foundation; title: Part III: Different directions. Section A: Heather Booth, Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action.  An introduction to Heather Booth, the Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action / Aaron Schutz, with commentary by Mike Miller ; Direct action organizing : a handbook for women : Chapter 1 (1974) / Heather Booth; title: Section B: Wade Rathke and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).  An introduction to Wade Rathke and ACORN / Aaron Schutz ; ACORN community organizing model (1973) / Wade Rathke ; The story of an ACORN organizer : Madeline Talbott / interviewed by Mike Miller; title: Part IV: Concluding commentaries.  The state of organizing / Mike Miller ; Thinking beyond the present / Aaron Schutz.