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Synopsis

With the ever-expanding boom of grassroots organizations and their growing importance for public policy, many organizations have been forced to rethink the effects of social, economic, and political disparities in society. This collection of essential essays and case studies will help activists, researchers, and students engage in this process of reevaluation and strategizing.

Grassroots Social Action explores power negotiations and examines effective and ineffective community actions from the bottom up. Willie and his colleagues focus on the influence of common people in relation to hierarchical forms of social order. Paying special attention to nine case studies, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the chapters show the complementary relationship between dominant and subdominant people in public policymaking.

Grassroots Social Action offers a critical and empowering assessment of how change occurs in communities.

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À propos de l?auteur

CHARLES VERT WILLIE is Professor of Education and Urban Studies in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.

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9780742560499: Grassroots Social Action: Lessons in People Power Movements

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ISBN 10 :  074256049X ISBN 13 :  9780742560499
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008
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