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9780826516565: The People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
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ISBN 10 : 0826516564 ISBN 13 : 9780826516565
Editeur : Vanderbilt University Press, 2009

Synopsis

With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right to evaluate the current state of community organizing and the effectiveness of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Since 2002, ACORN has been dramatically expanding and raising its national profile; it has also been weathering controversy over its voter registration campaigns and an internal financial scandal.

The twelve chapters in this volume present the perspectives of insiders like founder Wade Rathke and leading outside practitioners and academics. The result is a thorough detailing of ACORN's founding and its changing strategies, including vivid accounts and analyses of its campaigns on the living wage, voter turnout, predatory lending, redlining, school reform, and community redevelopment, as well as a critical perspective on ACORN's place in the community organizing landscape.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Fisher, Professor of Community Organizing, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, is author, co-author, or editor of five other books.

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Éditeur
Vanderbilt University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0826516564
ISBN 13 
9780826516565
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
300
Éditeur
Fisher Robert
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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