Mobilizing the Community Local Politics in the Era of the Global City [Paperback]

In this age of global transition, contemporary grassroots mobilization is the dominant form of resistance against the state available to the individual and the community. Using empirically-based case studies as well as theoretical essays, this volume offers suggestions for strategy, ideology and leadership that will enhance the potential of grassroots mobilization.In this age of global transition, contemporary grassroots mobilization is the dominant form of resistance against the state available to the individual and the community. Using empirically-based case studies as well as theoretical essays, this volume offers suggestions for strategy, ideology and leadership that will enhance the potential of grassroots mobilization.Introduction - Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling
The Continued Vitality of Community Mobilization
PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXTS
Grassroots Organizing Worldwide - Robert Fisher
Common Origins, Historical Roots, and the Tension between Democracy and the State
Complex Society/Complex Cities - Joseph Kling
New Social Movements and the Restructuring of Urban Space
Participation in New York and London - Norman Fainstein and Susan S Fainstein
Community and Market Under Capitalism
PART TWO: COMMUNITY-BASED MOBILIZATIONS
Private Spaces and the Politics of Places - Sally A Marston and George Towers
Spatio-Economic Restructuring and Community Organizing in Tucson and El Paso
Building Multiracial Alliances - Gary Delgado
The Case of People United for a Better Oakland
Keep on Keeping On - Ann Withorn and Betty Mandell
Organizing for Welfare Rights in Massachusetts
The Career of Urban Social Movements in West Germany - Margit Mayer
The Silent Valley (Kerala, India) Dam Abandonment - Matthew Zachariah
A Case of Successful CommunitlSÔ