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Roots to power : a manual for grassroots organizing Lee Staples ; foreword by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, c2016.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxiii, 483 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781440833656
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.0973
Online resources: Summary: When ordinary people band together to gain more control over their life conditions, the first order of business is to organize in pursuit of collective action. This how-to manual presents strategies, tactics, methods, and techniques that community members can use to set their own goals, select issues, campaign for these issues, recruit members, develop leaders, hold effective meetings, conduct research, lobby politicians and legislators, and get the word out to the media.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 306.0973 ST RO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0054351

Includes bibliographical references and index.

When ordinary people band together to gain more control over their life conditions, the first order of business is to organize in pursuit of collective action. This how-to manual presents strategies, tactics, methods, and techniques that community members can use to set their own goals, select issues, campaign for these issues, recruit members, develop leaders, hold effective meetings, conduct research, lobby politicians and legislators, and get the word out to the media.

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