Bibliograph

Political action, a practical guide to movement politics, Michael Walzer ; introduction by Jon Wiener

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Political action, a practical guide to movement politics, Michael Walzer ; introduction by Jon Wiener

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Political action

Oclc number

1073036785

Responsibility statement

Michael Walzer ; introduction by Jon Wiener

Series statement

New York Review Books Classics

Sub title

a practical guide to movement politics

Summary

Political Action is a how-to book for activists that was written at one of the darkest moments of the Nixon administration and remains no less timely and intelligent and useful today. Michael Walzer draws on his extensive engagement in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s to lay out the practical steps necessary to keep movement politics alive both in victory and in defeat. What do people need to do when out of outrage or fear of looming disaster they come together to demand change? Should they focus on one or several issues? Should they form coalitions? What can and can't be accomplished through electoral politics? How can movements operate democratically? What is effective leadership? Walzer addresses such questions with clarity, concision, wisdom, and wit in a book that everywhere insists not only on the centrality of movement politics to the health of democratic societies but on the deep satisfaction that is to be found there. Political Action is both an indispensable resource for activists and a lasting and inspiring summons to arms

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