People, Power, Change - Organizing for Democratic Renewal

Marshall Ganz is one of the world's leading authorities on democratic organizing, and this book is the culmination of his decades of teaching, research, and work. In People, Power, Change, Ganz distills for students, practitioners, and activists the principles he has gleaned over the last half-century about the practice and craft of creating collective action.

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: Relationships


• Chapter 3: Narrative


• Chapter 4: Strategy


• Chapter 5: Action


• Chapter 6: Structure


• Chapter 7: Leadership Development


• Chapter 8: Conclusion


• References


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Marshall Ganz is Rita T. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society at the Harvard Kennedy School. He teaches, researches, and writes on leadership and organizing. His book Why David Sometimes Wins (Oxford University Press, 2009), earned the American Political Science Association's Michael J. Harrington Book Award. Ganz works with the Leading Change Network and dozens of other grassroots groups in the United States and around the world to develop critically needed organizing capacity. In 1965, Ganz joined Cesar Chavez to work to unionize California farmworkers, where he spent the next 16 years. Throughout the 1980s, Ganz led organizing programs in union, community, and electoral campaigns.

Summary

Marshall Ganz is one of the world's leading authorities on democratic organizing, and this book is the culmination of his decades of teaching, research, and work. In People, Power, Change, Ganz distills for students, practitioners, and activists the principles he has gleaned over the last half-century about the practice and craft of creating collective action.

Additional text

As an organizer, I was lucky to receive Marshall's coaching first hand. This book offers Marshall's hard-earned wisdom to everyone. It is timely and important. Reading People, Power, Change feels like sitting next to Marshall, hearing stories from nearly 60-years of historic social movements. It is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for building a future where we live together with dignity, equality, and hope.

Product details

• Authors: Ganz, Marshall Ganz, Marshall (Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Ganz, Ganz Marshall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9780197569009
• ISBN: 978-0-19-756900-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Political activism, Political structures: democracy, Social welfare & social services, Social issues & processes, Social welfare and social services, Social and ethical issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement, Political structures / systems: democracy