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Contents Acknowledgements: With a Lot of Help from My Friends p. 4 Preface: From Roots to Tips p. 7 Introduction: Frances Fox Piven p. 12 1 "Power to the People"- Basic Organizing Philosophy and Goals p. 25 Four Arenas and Two Approaches p. 29 Elemental Elements: Turf, Issue, Identity, Workplace p. 29 Two Routes To Power: Community Development, Social Action p. 33 Limits and Possibilities p. 41 Organizing For Power p. 44 Ten Tools for Taking Power p. 44 Building a Power Base p. 53 2 "Locate & Relate. Motivate & Integrate. Facilitate & Integrate. ACTIVATE!" - The Role of the Organizer p. 62 An Overview of Underlying Principles p. 62 Insider/Outsider Upsides and Downsides p. 73 3 "Can't Ya Hear Me Knockin?" - Organizing Models and Methods p. 88 Blueprints for Action p. 88 Who: Membership, Leadership, Staffing, Structure p. 89 What: Goals and Objectives p. 97 Whom: Target Systems p. 99 How: Strategy & Tactics, Finances, Allies, Communications p. 101 The Organizing Process p. 107 The Model: Groundwork, Organizing Committee, Recruitment, Formation p. 109 4 "Analyze, Strategize and Catalyze" - Issues and Strategy p. 162 Choosing Issues p. 162 Organizational Mileage Considerations p. 166 Consistency p. 167 Unity p. 186 Capacity p. 171 Growth p. 172 Education p. 174 Credit p. 176 Resources p. 177 Allies p. 180 Tactics p. 181 Victory p. 183 Developing a Winning Strategy p. 186 Cutting and Framing the Issue: Action Group, Goals and Objects, p. 186 Target System, Handles Conducting a Strategic Analysis: Opposition, Support, Objective p. 203 Conditions, SWOT Assessment 5 "Moving into Action" - Making and Carrying Out Action Plans p. 228 Tactics p. 229 Counter-tactics and the Seven D's of Defense p. 234 Deflecting p. 235 Delaying p. 236 Deceiving p. 218 Dividing p. 240 Denying p. 243 Discrediting p. 245 Destroying p. 245 Timetable p. 248 A Multi-Phase Action Plan p. 251 Recruitment, Preparation and Assessment p. 255 Recruitment p. 255 Preparation p. 260 Assessment p. 264 ACORN's Campaign Against Household Finance p. 267 By Maude Hurd and Lisa Donner 6 "Keeping It All Together" - Organizational Development and Maintenance p. 286 Broadening the Base p. 286 Leadership Development p. 295 Characteristics and Qualities p. 295 Developmental Methods p. 298 Group Products and Processes p. 303 Composition, Contracting and Culture p. 304 Decision-making p. 307 Membership and Leader Roles p. 310 Conflict p. 313 Conducting Successful Meetings p. 314 Making Change with COINS p. 325 Decision-making Structures p. 326 Operating Policies and Procedures p. 328 Programming p. 329 Staffing p. 330 7 "Nuts and Bolts, Some Do's and Don'ts" - A Short Collection p. 399 Introduction p. 393 Research for Organizing p. 343 Will Collette Real Clout Rules and Tools for Winning Public Policy Campaigns p. 360 Judith C. Meredith and Catherine Dunham Using the Law for Leverage p. 386 Mac McCreight Media Relations p. 400 Eric Weltman Using Technology for Grassroots Organizing p. 407 Maria Roberts-DeGennaro Negotiations: Using a Weapon as a Way Out p. 420 Mark J. Splain Grassroots Community Organizations and Voting p. 430 George Pillsbury Community-Labor Coalitions p. 447 Louise Simmons Coalitions and Other Relations p. 456 Tim Sampson Coalitions: Essential Tools for Organizing p. 464 Beth B. Rosenthal, MS and Terry Mizrahi, Ph.D Memberships and Dues p. 483 David Beckwith Dues and Grassroots Fundraising p. 489 Helene O'Brien Meetings: Grab those Details p. 495 Lee Staples Appendix p. 501 References p. 511 Afterword: After Words, Take Action p. 515 Index p. 516 About the Author and Contributors p. 517
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Community organization -- United States.