Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2015.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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 — Provided by publisher.
• Preface: Why is Alinsky important today? / Mike Miller — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Section D: Dick Harmon. An introduction to Dick Harmon / Various Authors Making an offer we can’t refuse (1973) / Dick Harmon — 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 — 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 org

Subjects:

• Community organization — United States.
• Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972 — Political and social views.
• Social justice — United States.
• Democracy — United States.
• Radicals — United States — Biography.
• Social reformers — United States — Biography.
• Political activists — United States — Biography.
• Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972. fast (OCoLC)fst00033623
• United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
• Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686

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