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Original Language
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ISBN
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Publisher
Beacon Press
ISBN-10
0807043370
ISBN-13
9780807043370
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2298227

Product Key Features

Book Title
Going Public : an inside Story of Disrupting Politics As Usual
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Sociology / General, Development / General, General
Genre
Social Science, Business & Economics
Author
Michael Gecan
Format
Hardcover

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13.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
2002-006265
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
307.1/4/0973
Table Of Content
Contents Preface: Why Organize? Introduction Part I: The Habit of Relating 1. All Real Living Is Meeting 2. The World as It Is Part II: The Habit of Action 3. Activists on a Manhattan Street 4. Introducing Your Larger Self 5. Merit Means (Almost) Nothing 6. Chutzpah Helps 7. Ambiguity, Reciprocity, Victory Part III: The Habit of Organization 8. The Hard Edges of Effective Organization 9. Disorganizing and Reorganizing Part IV: The Habit of Reflection 10. Three Public Cultures 11. Fault Lines and Collisions 12. The Right Relationship Conclusion Acknowledgments Index 00
Synopsis
"The inside story of an extraordinary politics you probably didn't know existed-ordinary Americans getting together and acquiring real power for themselves." -William Greider, national correspondent, The Nation A New York city neighborhood once called "the beginning of the end of civilization" is where Michael Gecan starts. Hired by residents to help them save their community, he and local leaders spend more than a decade wrestling New York politicians in an impassioned effort against all odds that brings in five thousand new homes. From bad behavior by Ed Koch to complicated negotiations with Rudy Giuliani, Gecan tells the inside story of how the city really works, and how any organized group of citizens can wield power in seemingly unmovable bureaucracies. Gecan's unwavering vision of the value of public action has roots in a rough childhood in Chicago, where he witnessed extortion by the mob and a tragic fire in his Catholic grade school that left ninety-two children and three nuns dead. In his inspiring story of the will to claim the full benefits of citizenship, Gecan offers unforgettable lessons that every American should know: What is the best way to talk to politicians? What resources do all communities need to create change? What kinds of public actions really work? "If you want to know how ordinary Americans accomplished extraordinary things-built affordable homes, created effective schools, won living wages-then the story and the strategy reside in this remarkable book. Going Public is at once pragmatic and profound." -Samuel G. Freedman, author of Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church Michael Gecan has been an organizer for twenty years. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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