Activist's Handbook A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond

Name: Activist's Handbook A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780520203174

ISBN-10: 0520203178

ISBN-13: 9780520203174

Edition: 1996

Authors: Randy Shaw

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The Activist's Handbook is a hard-hitting guide to winning social change in the 1990s. Randy Shaw, attorney and longtime activist for urban issues, shows how positive change can still be accomplished despite an increasingly grim political order, if activists employ the strategies set forth in this desperately needed primer. Inspiring "fear and loathing" in politicians, building diverse coalitions, and harnessing the media, the courts, and the electoral process to one's cause are only some of the key tactics Shaw advocates and explains. Central to all social-change activism, Shaw shows, is being proactive: rather than simply reacting to right-wing proposals, activists must develop an agenda…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/3/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.13" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.154



Acknolwedgments


Introduction



Don't Respond, Strategize



Elected Officials: Inspiring Fear and Loathing



Coalition Activism: Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects



Ballot Initiatives: The Rules of the Game



The Media: Winning More Than Coverage



Lawyers: Allies or Obstacles to Social Change?



Direct Action: ACTing UP and Sitting In



Getting Started: Agenda Setting and Action Plans



Conclusion: Activism for the Twenty-First Century


Notes


Index