| Doing Democracy: The Map Model for Organizing Social Movements Contributor(s): Moyer, Bill (Author), Macallister, Joann (Author), Soifer, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865714185 ISBN-13: 9780865714182 Publisher: New Society Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 Annotation: Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward." Doing Democracy" provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, "Doing Democracy" outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements. Bill Moyer is the originator of the MAP Model; he and his coauthors combine several decades of movement experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship |
| Dewey: 361.25 |
| LCCN: 2003386218 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward. Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements. Bill Moyer is the originator of the MAP Model; he and his coauthors combine several decades of movement experience. |