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1	Community Organizing and Development more books like this by Herbert J Rubin add to wishlist This revised edition of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing and development fully examines the broad and changing political and social settings that influence actions; while portraying the infra-structure of social change -- the knowledge, personnel, and organizations -- that enable such work to be successfully accomplished. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $72.60! \| SVS
2	Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a more books like this by John P Kretzmann, John L McKnight add to wishlist This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the U.S. It outlines what local communities can do to start their own journies down the path of asset-based development. see all copies from $12.48! new only from $18.80! \| SVS
3	Dreammakers: Putting Vision and Values to Work more books like this by Michele Hunt add to wishlist For all those leading or immersed in major organizational transformation, this collection of 12 interviews proves that grand-scale organizational change is possible even in the face of resistance, fear and adversity. see all copies from $3.46! new only from $19.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Tools for Radical Democracy: How to Organize for Power in Your Community more books like this by Joan Minieri, Paul Getsos, Peter Edelman (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Tools for Radical Democracy" is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to increase the civic participation of ordinary people. Authors Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos share stories and tools from their nationally recognized and award winning work of building a community led ... see all copies from $17.32! new only from $17.32!
5	Mexican American Women Activists more books like this by Mary Pardo add to wishlist When we see children playing in a supervised playground or hear about a school being renovated, we seldom wonder about who mobilized the community resources to rebuild the school or staff the park. "Mexican American Women Activists" tells the stories of Mexican American women from two Los Angeles neighborhoods and how they transformed the everyday ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $26.34! \| first editions
6	Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy more books like this by Rinku Sen, Kim Klein (Editor) add to wishlist "Stir It Up" - written by renowned activist and trainer Rinku Sen - identifies the key priorities and strategies that can help advance the mission of any social change group. This groundbreaking book addresses the unique challenges and opportunities the new global economy poses for activist groups and provides concrete guidance for community ... see all copies from $12.63! new only from $25.12! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families more books like this by Kevin R Ronan, David M Johnston add to wishlist When large-scale disasters occur, they typically strike without warning - regardless of whether the cause is natural, such as a tsunami or earthquake, or human-made, such as a terrorist attack. And immediately following a hazardous event or mass violence, two of the most vulnerable groups at risk are a community's children and their family members ... see all copies from $39.50! new only from $52.09! \| SVS
8	Organizing, a Guide for Grassroots Leaders more books like this by Rudolf Steiner, Si Kahn add to wishlist see all copies from $4.05! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies
9	Resource Manual for a Living Revolution more books like this by Virginia Coover add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
10	Local Environmental Struggles: Citizen Activism in the Treadmill of Production more books like this by Kenneth Alan Gould, Allan Schnaiberg, Adam S Weinberg add to wishlist In recent years, environmentalism in the US has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. Correspondingly, the American environmental movement has exhorted its supporters to 'think globally' but 'act locally'. The authors examine this modern environmental mantra by analysing the opportunities and ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $21.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Security Communities more books like this by Emanual Adler (Editor), Michael Barnett (Editor) add to wishlist This book argues that community can exist at the international level, and that security politics is profoundly shaped by it, with states dwelling within an international community having the capacity to develop a pacific disposition. By investigating the relationship between international community and the possibility for peaceful change, this ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $48.82! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Politics of Empowerment more books like this by Robert Weissberg add to wishlist This text examines the successes and failures of empowerment as a remedy for American social and economic problems. The author argues that if people took control of their lives, betterment would ensue. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $13.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Stick Your Neck Out: A Street-Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond more books like this by John Graham add to wishlist "Stick Your Neck Out" is about creating the changes important to you in your community, nation and the world. It's also about becoming fully alive - about the meaning and passion you can add to your own life through courageous and compassionate service. "Stick Your Neck Out" provides the missing link between ideas and ideals on one hand, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
14	Studies in Empowerment: Steps Toward Understanding and Action more books like this by Robert E Hess, Julian Rappaport (Editor) add to wishlist This adaptable book offers diverse applications of the empowerment model to the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness. Topics span the developmental trends of empowerment as an individual achievement, a community experience, and a professional aim in relation to social intervention strategies and tactics. see all copies from $20.22!
15 view cover	Reclaiming Capital: Democratic Initiatives and Community Development more books like this by Christopher Eaton Gunn, Hazel Dayton Gunn add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.05! \| first editions
16 view cover	Building Community Capacity more books like this by Robert J Chaskin, Prudence Brown, Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh add to wishlist Designed to be widely accessible without sacrificing depth, Building Community Capacity provides a theoretically informed, systematic exploration of this fundamental issue. The authors combine a wealth of practical experience working with community-based initiatives with a deep theoretical understanding of the problems facing communities today to ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $28.55! \| SVS
17 view cover	Global Civil Society...: The Politics of Nature from Place to Planet more books like this by Professor Ronnie D Lipschutz, Judith Mayer add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! new only from $23.40! \| SVS
18 view cover	Race and Authority in Urban Politics: Community Relations and the War on Poverty more books like this by J David Greenstone, David Greenstone, Paul E Peterson add to wishlist 'This is a very interesting book which...should prove very stimulating to professional students of urban and racial politics. Intensive field studies conducted between June 1965 and August 1968 in five cities (Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia) provide the basic evidence. Greenstone and Peterson cannot be complimented too ... see all copies from $6.32! new only from $32.00!
19 view cover	Public Policy in the Community more books like this by Marilyn Taylor add to wishlist "The community" is seen by many as the solution to a range of challenges: social, political and economic exclusion and polarization, crime and moral decline, the caring crisis, and sustainable development. But communities are complex phenomena and ideas of community empowerment contain many tensions and contradictions. This text explores the ... see all copies from $29.94! new only from $38.76! \| SVS
20 view cover	Beyond Left and Right more books like this by A. Lawrence Chickering add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Political systems and the distribution of power more books like this by Michael P. Banton, Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! first editions
22	Who Really Rules?: New Haven and Community Power Reexamined more books like this by Professor G William Domhoff add to wishlist see all copies from $5.19! new only from $48.82! \| first editions
23	Community Power & Democratic Theory: The Logic of Political Analysis more books like this by Professor David M Ricci add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Local Commun/Israeli Pol: Conflict of Values and Interests more books like this by Efraim Ben-Zadok (Editor) add to wishlist This book represents the first systematic effort to analyze the role of local communities and regions in Israel's national politics. The authors demonstrate the growing importance of these communities in the politics of the country. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $24.41!
25	From the Ground Up: Essays on Grassroots & Workplace Democracy more books like this by C George Benello, Frank Lindenfeld (Editor), Len Krimerman (Editor) add to wishlist Persuasively argues that modern social movements must spearhead a radical reorganization of our society's most basic political and economic institutions, based on the libertarian principles of decentralization, community control and participatory democracy. see all copies from $2.16! new only from $11.49! \| first editions

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