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Betsy Leondar-Wright - Missing Class: Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures - 9780801452567 - V9780801452567
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Missing Class: Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures

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Description for Missing Class: Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 7 tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.

Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offensive violations of group norms. But in searching for solutions to these predictable and intractable troubles, progressive social movement groups overlook class culture differences. In Missing Class, Betsy Leondar-Wright uses a class-focused lens to show that members with different class life experiences tend to approach these problems differently. This perspective enables readers to envision new solutions that draw on the strengths of all class cultures to form the basis of stronger cross-class and multiracial movements.The first comprehensive empirical study ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801452567
SKU
V9780801452567
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Betsy Leondar-Wright
Betsy Leondar-Wright is the Program Director of Class Action (www.classism.org). She is the author of Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists and coauthor of The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide.

Reviews for Missing Class: Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures
Betsy Leondar-Wright's book is crucially important for social justice activists. She offers much-needed advice about how to acknowledge your class background and harness it for the greater good. Eye-opening and insightful, this book provides a new way forward.
Matthew Rothschild, Senior Editor
The Progressive
From fashion sense to senses of humor, Missing Class illustrates the subtle cues ... Read more

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