How Organizations Develop Activists - Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century

Zusatztext Effective citizens' movements need to do much more than raise money and recruit the right individual adherents. Helping members become fully engaged and developing good volunteer leaders are the keys to having a real impact Informationen zum Autor Hahrie Han is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. Klappentext Why are some civic associations better than others at getting-and keeping-people involved in activism? Using in-person observations, surveys, and field experiments, this book compares and describes contemporary models for engaging activists to show the effectiveness of one that combine political activism with transformative personal and collective growth. Zusammenfassung Why are some civic associations better than others at getting-and keeping-people involved in activism? Using in-person observations, surveys, and field experiments, this book compares and describes contemporary models for engaging activists to show the effectiveness of one that combine political activism with transformative personal and collective growth. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Setting Up the Comparative Case Studies Chapter 3 Choosing Strategies for Building Power Chapter 4 Prospecting for Activists Chapter 5 Developing Leaders Chapter 6 Conclusion Appendix A: Methods Works Cited Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Hahrie Han, Hahrie (Associate Professor of Political Scie Han, Han Hahrie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9780199336777
• ISBN: 978-0-19-933677-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Political science & theory, Communication Studies, Political science and theory, Media, Information & Communication Industries