cam a22 4500 551395818 CHVBK 20201114035824.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 160624s2016 nyua sb 001 0 eng d 2016006948 978-0-19-062471-2 (hardback) 978-0-19-062472-9 (updf) 978-0-19-062473-6 (epub) (SERSOL)ssj0001723662 (WaSeSS)ssj0001723662 DLC eng DLC DLC WaSeSS rda HM766 .M4293 2016 303.4 23 POL043000 POL042000 bisacsh McAlevey Jane [author] No shortcuts organizing for power in the new gilded age Jane F. McAlevey New York Oxford University Press [2016] 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) illustrations text txt rdacontent/eng computer c rdamedia/eng online resource cr rdacarrier/eng Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index. Machine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Different Strategies Produce Different Levels of Power -- Chapter 3: Nursing Home Unions, Washington versus Connecticut -- Chapter 4 Chicago Teachers Union, Before and After 2010 -- Chapter 5 Smithfield Foods -- Chapter 6 Make the Road New York -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. " The crisis of the progressive movement in the United States today is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington, where they are outmatched and outspent by special interests. Labor unions now focus on the narrowest possible understanding of the interests of their members, and membership continues to decline in lockstep with the narrowing of their goals. Meanwhile, promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter have not accomplished meaningful change. Why do progressives in the United States keep losing on so many issues? In No Shortcuts, Jane McAlevey argues that progressives can win, but lack the organized power to enact significant change, to outlast their bosses in labor fights, and to hold elected leaders accountable. Drawing upon her experience as a scholar and longtime organizer in the student, environmental, and labor movements, McAlevey examines the case studies of recent social movements to pinpoint the factors that helped them succeed - or fail - to accomplish their intended goals. McAlevey makes a compelling case that the great social movements of previous eras gained their power from mass organizing, a strategy today's progressive have mostly abandoned in favor of mobilization or advocacy. She ultimately concludes that, in order to win, progressive movements must adopt bottom-up organizing strategies that place the power for change in the hands of workers and activists at the community level. Beyond the concrete examples in this book, McAlevey's arguments have direct implications for anyone involved in organizing for social change. Much more than just a cogent analysis, No Shortcuts explains exactly how progressives can go about rebuilding powerful movements at work, in our communities, and at the ballot box. "-- "An examination of strategies for effective organizing"-- Community organization Community power Social movements POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General bisacsh https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190624712.001.0001/acprof-9780190624712 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 Oxford Scholarship Online Sociology Oxford Scholarship Online E-Books von 360MarcUpdates IDSBB B405 B405 405VT IDSBB 100 1- McAlevey Jane [author] IDSBB 856 40 https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190624712.001.0001/acprof-9780190624712 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 404017991