Table of Contents

Acknolwedgments
Introduction

1. Don't Respond, Strategize
2. Elected Officials: Inspiring Fear and Loathing
3. Coalition Activism: Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects
4. Ballot Initiatives: The Rules of the Game
5. The Media: Winning More Than Coverage
6. Lawyers: Allies or Obstacles to Social Change?
7. Direct Action: ACTing UP and Sitting In
8. Getting Started: Agenda Setting and Action Plans
9. Conclusion: Activism for the Twenty-First Century

Notes
Index

About the Author

Randy Shaw is Director and Supervising Attorney for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in San Francisco.

Reviews

"An informed analysis essential to those who care about the environment, the rights of the poor, and the plight of minorities. . . . Required reading for those who want to wage successful campaigns of social change in their communities. . . . Reveals a current of organized discontent that has evolved and become more sophisticated since the groundswell days of the 1960s."--"New Mission News