| Activism, Inc.: How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling Progressive Politics in America Contributor(s): Fisher, Dana R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804752176 ISBN-13: 9780804752176 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $28.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: "This book describes how grassroots politics has withered and what must be done to revive it. A timely message for America in the 21st century."--Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley "Dana Fisher's Activism, Inc. is an extraordinarily important and incisive book, both readable and extremely well informed. An insider's look at today's civic activism and Democratic Party campaigns, it could well catalyze a national debate on the future and nature of progressive politics."--Harry C. Boyte, Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 322.409 |
| LCCN: 2006009398 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.82" W x 8.76" (0.71 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An unprecedented look at grassroots level progressive politics, the connection between the young people canvassing on the streets and the national organizations, the different strategies of the Right and the Left, and what happens to the passionate young activists outsourced to the clients of Activism, Inc. |