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Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City: Urban Affairs Annual Reviews, cartea 41

Editat de Robert Fisher, Joe Kling
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 feb 1994
In this age of global transition, contemporary grassroots mobilization is the dominant form of resistance against the state available to the individual and the community. Using empirically-based case studies as well as theoretical essays, this volume offers suggestions for strategy, ideology and leadership that will enhance the potential of grassroots mobilization.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780803942486
ISBN-10: 0803942486
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Seria Urban Affairs Annual Reviews

Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Cuprins

Introduction - Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling
The Continued Vitality of Community Mobilization
PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXTS
Grassroots Organizing Worldwide - Robert Fisher
Common Origins, Historical Roots, and the Tension between Democracy and the State
Complex Society/Complex Cities - Joseph Kling
New Social Movements and the Restructuring of Urban Space
Participation in New York and London - Norman Fainstein and Susan S Fainstein
Community and Market Under Capitalism
PART TWO: COMMUNITY-BASED MOBILIZATIONS
Private Spaces and the Politics of Places - Sally A Marston and George Towers
Spatio-Economic Restructuring and Community Organizing in Tucson and El Paso
Building Multiracial Alliances - Gary Delgado
The Case of People United for a Better Oakland
Keep on Keeping On - Ann Withorn and Betty Mandell
Organizing for Welfare Rights in Massachusetts
The Career of Urban Social Movements in West Germany - Margit Mayer
The Silent Valley (Kerala, India) Dam Abandonment - Matthew Zachariah
A Case of Successful Community Mobilization
`Deepening' Democracy - Sonia E Alvarez
Social Movement Networks, Constitutional Reform, and Radical Urban Regimes in Contemporary Brazil
PART THREE: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND IDENTITY POLITICS
Friends and Neighbors - Judith Allen
Knowledge and Campaigning in London
The Difficulty of Leaving `Home' - Valerie Lehr
Gay and Lesbian Organizing to Confront AIDS
Pioneering Muslim Women in France - Sophie Body-Gendrot
The Bay Area Movement Against the Gulf War - Barbara Epstein
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Conclusion - Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling
Prospects and Strategies for Mobilization in the Era of Global Cities

Descriere

In this age of global transition, contemporary grassroots mobilization is the dominant form of resistance against the state available to the individual and the community. Using empirically-based case studies as well as theoretical essays, this volume offers suggestions for strategy, ideology and leadership that will enhance the potential of grassroots mobilization.