Download PDF Doing Democracy The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements Bill Moyer JoAnn McAllister Mary Lou Finley Steven Soifer 9780865714182 Books

Product details Paperback 240 pages Publisher New Society Publishers; 1st edition (August 1, 2001) Language English ISBN-10 0865714185

Doing Democracy The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements Bill Moyer JoAnn McAllister Mary Lou Finley Steven Soifer 9780865714182 Books Reviews

• Very useful and necessary
• A great book for those doing social change movement work. Helps give some broad scope, in-depth case studies, and some very applicable tools.
• Hard read. Good info though. Very academic.
• Moyer presents an outstanding model to help students navigate the active political system and explains many key points effectively. Personally, I found the reading dry and hard to hang in there with.
• fine book, fast shipping
• Great concept, great looks but zippers broke 1st use. Bag its self was handy, clever, maybe velcro [hooks and loops] could improve the disappointing zippers
• As a long time activist in drug policy reform and criminal justice reform, I have been aware that many of the movement leaders and the grass roots activists really don't know what they are doing. They know the facts of the issue, and they know that they need to get Congress and the state legislatures to change the laws, but they have an undeveloped and uninformed view of how to achieve the changes they are working for. Many of them don't realize that building a grass roots movement is essential. And many of those who know they are trying to mobilize a majority, aren't aware that their messages or tactics can often be counter-productive. This book brings a great deal of wisdom and clarity.
  
  This easy-to-read book can help break down the confusion within the movement about the necessary, different roles people need to fill. Read this book and learn that different approaches are necessary to complement each other. This, hopefully, will minimize the uninformed arguments about strategy that we have engaged in. The lessons of this book lay the groundwork for fruitful discussions of what we can and should be doing.
  
  This book provides a very valuable analysis of the stages that movements go through, on the way to success. The case histories teach, among other things, that the stages can overlap.
  
  This book is grounded in the tradition of nonviolent social action. It is remains idealistic in the best sense, and is not cynical.
  
  Eric E. Sterling
  
  Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
• If you want to make the world a better place, buy this book.
  Based on his years of experience, Bill Moyer knows how to design effective nonviolent social change movements that can challenge entrenched power, overcome resistance, and implement positive alternatives. Moyer explains how grassroots democracy really works and shows how to build powerful change movements that uphold widely held values like honesty, democracy, fairness, compassion, and protection of the envionment. He also shows how conventional politics meshes with grassroots organizing.
  The section on how Moyer's ideas fit in with the sociology and polictical science literature is easy to read and interesting. The current scholarly literature on social change movements is quite meager and Moyer's model makes a big contribution to change theory.
  Finally, the examples at the end of the book are enlightening and heartening.
  Read this book and then go out and make the world better!