How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century
Hahrie Han
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Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JPA; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Association, Health Care for America Now to the Sierra Club, membership-based civic associations constantly seek to engage people in civic and political action. What makes some more effective than others? Using in-person observations, surveys, and field experiments, this book compares organizations with strong records of engaging people in health and environmental politics to those with weaker records. To build power, civic associations need quality and quantity (or depth and breadth) of activism. They need lots of people to ... Read more
Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Association, Health Care for America Now to the Sierra Club, membership-based civic associations constantly seek to engage people in civic and political action. What makes some more effective than others? Using in-person observations, surveys, and field experiments, this book compares organizations with strong records of engaging people in health and environmental politics to those with weaker records. To build power, civic associations need quality and quantity (or depth and breadth) of activism. They need lots of people to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199336777
SKU
V9780199336777
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About Hahrie Han
Hahrie Han is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College.
Reviews for How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century
How Organizations Develop Activists examines the strategies deployed by civic associations in order to encourage the delivery of better and more work by their activists.
Adriana Rudling, Political Studies Review
... offers valuable insights for both practitioners and students of organizations and activism.
J. Heyrman, Berea College, CHOICE
For all the scholarship on social movements and ... Read more
Adriana Rudling, Political Studies Review
... offers valuable insights for both practitioners and students of organizations and activism.
J. Heyrman, Berea College, CHOICE
For all the scholarship on social movements and ... Read more