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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.

Table of Contents:
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


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  • ISBN-13: 9781452253756
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Inc Ebooks
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 41 Urban Affairs Annual Reviews
  • ISBN-10: 1452253757
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 1993
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Sub Title: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City


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