pt. 1. Reclaiming America outside the electoral process: national anti-sweatshop campaigns and the movement for a living wage. 1. Just don't buy it: challenging Nike and the rules of the global economy. 2. From challenging American sweatshops to a movement for a global living wage -- pt. 2. Reclaiming America through the political process: national environmental activism and the Pentagon redirection campaign. 3. The new national environmental activism. 4. The Pentagon: reclaiming America by giving peace a chance -- pt. 3. Resources for national activism: community-based organizations, the media, and the Internet. 5. Community-based nonprofit organizations: from demobilizers to agents of change. 6. The media: mobilizing through the echo effect
Summary
Have activists taken the bumper-sticker adage ""Think Globally, Act Locally"" too literally? Randy Shaw argues that they have, with destructive consequences for America. Since the 1970s, activist participation in national struggles has steadily given way to a nearly exclusive focus on local issues. America's political and corporate elite has succeeded in controlling the national agenda, while their adversaries--the citizen activists and organizations who spent
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-306) and index
