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Summary Table of Contents

This is the long-awaited revision of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing. The text provides a comprehensive introduction to the wide variety of approaches that guide social change, social activism, and community building work. Community Organizing and Development links various theories of organizing to the techniques and tactics of practice. It is vividly illustrated by dozens of real-life practice examples. It balances descriptions of protest actions and visible projects with the behind-the-scenes routines that make such work possible. The text describes and illustrates the skills and organizational techniques needed to undertake successful community projects, such as converting a former crack house into safe, clean, affordable housing.

Preface

PART ONE Organizing for Empowerment

(22)

Organizing for Collective Empowerment

(20)

People, Problems and Feelings of Powerl... MORE

(6)

When Organizing and Development Efforts Succeed

(4)

Social Change is Accomplished through a Variety of Democratic Organizations

(3)

Contrasting Models of Organizing and Development

(5)

Our Approach to Organizing and Development

(2)

PART TWO Resolving Social Problems through Organizing

(52)

Understanding and Combating Social Problems

(27)

What Constitutes a Problem is Socially Framed

(2)

Social Problems and Contemporary Organizing

(1)

Poverty and Economic Inequality

(3)

Urban Restructuring and Fights Over Space

(3)

Government Policies and Social Problems

(12)

Implications for Organizers

(5)

A Thumbnail Sketch of the History of Community Organizing

(23)

A Brief History of Neighborhood Organizing

(11)

Lessons from History

(6)

Community Organizing and Social Work Education

(2)

Conclusion

(3)

PART THREE Empowerment and Community Building

(42)

Creating Empowerment for Collective Action

(20)

The Multiple Meanings of Empowerment

(2)

How People are Kept Disempowered

(10)

Building toward Empowerment

(6)

Collective Empowerment

(2)

Understanding Community

(20)

Building Community Within Neighborhoods

(9)

Constructing Community Memberships

108

(3)

Network Linkages

111

(1)

How Social Bonds Can Divide

112

(3)

Visualizing Community

115

(2)

PART FOUR Mobilizing and Sustaining Community Activism

117

(118)

Organizers: What They Do and How They Learn To Do It

119

(21)

Sketches of Organizing Work

123

(3)

The Skills and Roles of the Organizer

126

(3)

Framing What Should Be and Can Be Done

129

(3)

Learning to Be an Organizer

132

(3)

Organizing is Both a Calling and a Career

135

(4)

Conclusion

139

(1)

Mobilizing for Collective Action

140

(24)

Mobilization Bootstraps

141

(1)

Theories and Research Findings about Mobilization

142

(6)

Mobilization Models

148

(3)

Mobilization Tactics

151

(13)

Gaining Power through Community Research

164

(25)

What Topics Do Community and Social-Change Organizations Research?

164

(2)

Doing the Research

166

(2)

Data Gathering Techniques

168

(18)

Using the Research Data

186

(3)

Building Capacity in an Empowered Organization

189

(26)

What Organizations Accomplish

189

(2)

Organizational Tensions

191

(7)

A Prelude to Organizational Administration

198

(16)

Building Empowered Organizations

214

(1)

Developing Capacity through Participatory Meetings

215

(20)

Characteristics of Good Meetings

215

(2)

Membership Meetings

217

(1)

Agendas, Bylaws, and Rules of Procedure

218

(3)

Focused Decision-Making Meetings

221

(8)

Training Meetings

229

(4)

The Role of Democratic Leadership

233

(2)

PART FIVE The Social Action Model

235

(23)

An Overview of Action Campaigns

237

(21)

The Overall Purposes of Social Action Campaigns

239

(2)

Understanding Perceptions and Realities of Power

241

(9)

Action Campaigns are Part of a Long Process Built Up of Intermittent Successes and Failures

250

(3)

Values that Guide Social Action Campaigns

253

(5)

Creating a Campaign Using a Variety of Tactics

258

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