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Loading... Community Organizer's Tale, A: People and Power in San Franciscoby Mike Miller
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"The rise and fall of the multi-issue Mission Coalition Organization is recounted in [this book], a richly detailed story of people power set in San Francisco's predominantly Latino Mission District. ... [T]he organization defeated urban renewal, negotiated jobs for the unemployed, and protected low-income tenants from exorbitant rents until it was ultimately weakened by federal "Model Cities" funding. Embodying the concept ... that "change comes from below" and combining colorful stories, lessons on organizaing for social and economic justice, public policy analysis, a keen eye for American politics, and reflection on democratic theory, this is a thoughtful and hopeful antidote to cynicism, apathy, and powerlessness."--Back cover. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)307.3Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Communities StructureLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |