Political action : a practical guide to movement politics
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2019].
Physical Desc
xviii, 96 pages ; 21 cm.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
322.4 WALZER 2019
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322.4 WALZER 2019
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New York : New York Review Books, [2019].
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Book
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Political theorist Michael Walzer's classic guide is a perfect introduction to social activism, including what-to-do advice for deciding which issues to take on, organizing, fundraising, and providing effective leadership. Political Action is a how-to book for activists that was written at one of the darkest moments of the Nixon administration and remains no less timely and intelligent and useful today. Michael Walzer draws on his extensive engagement in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s to lay out the practical steps necessary to keep movement politics alive both in victory and in defeat. What do people need to do when out of outrage or fear of looming disaster they come together to demand change? Should they focus on one or several issues? Should they form coalitions? What can and cant be accomplished through electoral politics? How can movements operate democratically? What is effective leadership? Walzer addresses such questions with clarity, concision, wisdom, and wit in a book that everywhere insists not only on the centrality of movement politics to the health of democratic societies but on the deep satisfaction that is to be found there. Political Action is both an indispensable resource for activists and a lasting and inspiring summons to arms.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Walzer, M. (2019). Political action: a practical guide to movement politics . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walzer, Michael. 2019. Political Action: A Practical Guide to Movement Politics. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walzer, Michael. Political Action: A Practical Guide to Movement Politics New York Review Books, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Walzer, Michael. Political Action: A Practical Guide to Movement Politics New York Review Books, 2019.
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