Activist's Handbook A Primer

Name: Activist's Handbook A Primer
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ISBN: 9780520229280

ISBN-10: 0520229282

ISBN-13: 9780520229280

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Randy Shaw

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The Activist's Handbook is a hard-hitting guide to making social change happen. Shaw, a 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. In a new preface, Shaw describes how the power of grassroots activism has won newfound respect. Mass protests against globalization and in favor of stricter gun controls have led once-invulnerable targets like the World Bank and the National Rifle Association to take citizen action more seriously. Inspiring "fear and loathing" in politicians, building diverse coalitions, and harnessing the…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 315
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Acknowledgments


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