TY - BOOK AU - Petitjean,Clément TI - Occupation: organizer: a critical history of community organizing in america SN - 9781642599145 AV - HN90.C6P48 PY - 2023/// CY - Illinois PB - Haymarket Books KW - Community organization KW - United States KW - History KW - 2fast N1 - 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 ER -