{"product_id":"contesting-community-the-limits-and-potential-of-local-organizing-paperback-1","title":"Contesting Community: The Limits and Potential of Local Organizing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Defilippis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Shragge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do community organizations and organizers do, and what should they do? For the past thirty years politicians, academics, advocates, and activists have heralded community as a site and strategy for social change. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eContesting Community\u003c\/i\u003e paints a more critical picture of community work which, according to the authors--in both theory and practice--has amounted to less than the sum of its parts. Their comparative study of efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada describes and analyzes the limits and potential of this work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Covering dozens of groups, including ACORN, Brooklyn's Fifth Avenue Committee, and the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal, and discussing alternative models, this book is at once historical and contemporary, global and local. \u003ci\u003eContesting Community\u003c\/i\u003e addresses one of the vital issues of our day--the role and meaning of community in people's lives and in the larger political economy.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do community organizations and organizers do, and what should they do? \"Contesting Community\" addresses one of the vital issues of our day-the role and meaning of community in people's lives and in the larger political economy. \u003cbr\u003eIt paints a more critical picture of community work which, according to the authors-in both theory and practice-has amounted to less than the sum of its parts. Their comparative study of efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada describes and analyzes the limits and potential of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAMES DeFILIPPIS is an associate professor in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnmaking Goliath\u003c\/i\u003e, named Best Book in Urban Politics by the American Political Science Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROBERT FISHER is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. He is the author of several books on community organizing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eERIC SHRAGGE teaches in the School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University, Montreal and is the author and editor of several works on community organizing and development.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731745632563,"sku":"9780813547565","price":78.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RUZoNFc3a0pJOEVuS2owMjNkYmFUZz09_b00f18bf-2902-43c9-bd00-ef3568a10d96.webp?v=1763866898","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/contesting-community-the-limits-and-potential-of-local-organizing-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}