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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marshall Ganz (Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9780195162011ISBN 10: 0195162013 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 07 May 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 1: Introduction: How David Beat Goliath 2: Beginnings: Immigrants, Radicals, and the AFL (1900-1959) 3: New Opportunities, New Initiatives: (1959-1962) 4: A Storm Gathers: Two Responses (1963-1965) 5: The Great Delano Grape Strike (1965-1966) 6: Meeting the Counter-Attack (1966) 7: Launching a New Union (1966-1967) Epilogue Appendix Notes References IndexReviews[T]his throughly documented account is support by insights and evidence from Marshall's personal experience, and many will read it as much for its exciting story of the farm workers' struggle as for its contribution to the theory of social movements.... Recommended. --Social & Behaviorial Science In Why David Sometimes Wins, Ganz demonstrates his own marvelous story telling skill in his narration of the farm workers' movement in America... It's about organizing and tactics that work. Ganz describes them in a unique and interesting manner from his own vantage point within the farm workers' movement. WHy David Sometimes Wins is a valuable resource for teachers and students of community organizing, labor history and the dynamics of social change. --Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare A brilliant new book. --The Nation Why David Sometimes Wins is an exceptional book that will be of widespread interest to scholars and activists alike. --American Journal of Sociology This book is a must read for organizers. The analysis of how a small and poor, but motivated, group of workers triggered a social movement provides invaluable lessons on what to do and not do as we struggle with the challenges of the 21st century. --Andy Stern, President, Service Employees International Union How does David defeat Goliath and, equally important, avoid becoming Goliath? The answer is to develop strategic capacity, an ongoing interactive process of experimentation, learning, and adapting. This fascinating book shows how Cesar Chavez and the UFW created and then lost its strategic capacity-an important lesson on leadership and organization. --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University Through unforgettable and compelling stories, Marshall Ganz convincingly shows how we need not wait for the right time in history, but how we can all participate in making history together and how the resources to do so can be found in one another. Why David Sometimes Wins will enter the canon of readings on social change. Get this book. Read it. Use it! --Gerald Torres, co-author of The Miner's Canary Why Sometimes David Wins by Marshall Ganz provides another example of a focus on pure organizing, using the 1960s Farmworkers, a union in which Ganz was a key participant, to develop a general theory of organizing... this nicely crafted book distills a lifetime of knowledge about the strategies and contexts of grassroots organizing to provide new and fundamental insights into how social movements can be most effective --Contemporary Sociology Cesar Chavez and the UFW were beacons--inspirations for the labor movement and for the Latino and civil rights movements--and Marshall Ganz played a part in each. Through his wise, wonderful book, the legacy of the UFW lives, offering current and future organizers, political leaders, and the people of neighborhoods throughout the world the lessons to create change and pursue justice in the face of seemingly unbeatable odds. Si, se puede. --Antonio R. Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of the City of Los Angeles<br> How does David defeat Goliath and, equally important, avoid becoming Goliath? The answer is to develop strategic capacity, an ongoing interactive process of experimentation, learning and adapting. This fascinating book shows how Cesar Chavez and the UFW created and then lost its strategic capacity--an important lesson on leadership and organization. --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard, and author of The Powers to Lead<br> This book is a must read for organizers. The analysis of how a small and poor, but motivated, group of workers triggered a social movement provides invaluable lessons on what to do and not do as we struggle with the challenges of the 21st century. --Andy Stern, President, Service Employees International Union, and author of A Country That Works<br> Drawing on a lifetime of experiences in efforts ranging from the Civil Rights and union movements to grass roots organizing for Obama, Marshall Ganz tells us how the apparently less powerful can mobilize to challenge the powerful and create social change. Why David Sometimes Wins makes pivotal contributions to social movement theory and tells a compelling story about the farmworkers of the 1960s. This book is a must read for all who want to learn about strategy and resourcefulness -- in real world politics and organizations as well as in the classroom. --Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University<br> <br> [T]his throughly documented account is support by insights and evidence from Marshall's personal experience, and many will read it as much for its exciting story of the farm workers' struggle as for its contribution to the theory of social movements.... Recommended. --Social & BehaviorialScience<p><br> Author InformationMarshall Ganz joined Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers in 1965, where he worked for 16 years, and has since continued work with grassroots organizations to design voter-mobilization strategies for local, state, and national electoral campaigns, most recently with Barack Obama. Ganz is currently Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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