How People Get Power

Revised Edition

Foreword
by U.S.Senator Paul David Wellstone

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Revised Edition

Introduction: Survival is Not an Academic Skill
by Chandra Talpade Mohanty

1 Entering the Community
2 Sizing Up the Community
3 Making Contacts
4 Bringing People Together
5 Developing Leadership
6 Working With Organizations
7 Setting Priorities
8 Power Tactics
9 Building Political Power
10 Self-Help Strategies
11 Leaving the Community

Afterword: I Have Seen Freedom

Epilogue: The Goals of Organizing
Suggested Reading
Index

About the Author

About Grassroots Leadership

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