Occupation: organizer : a critical history of community organizing in america
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- 311 pagesages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 269-301) and index.
Introduction: The community organizing mystique -- Unpacking professionalization -- Origins: Saul Alinsky and the Chicago reform tradition -- Managing the democratic crisis in the age of the Cold War -- The professional radical -- Spadework: The radical community organizing tradition of the 1960s -- Professionalization from within: Building a skilled cadre of practitioners -- 'You run for president?': Fitting into the division of political labor -- Conclusion.