This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Reshaping Metropolitan America

by Chris Benner, Martha Matsuoka, Manuel Pastor Jr.

Book Overview

Economic justice has long been the core goal of community organizing. In the past decade, often below the radar screen of national politics, effective movements have emerged within neighborhoods and, more importantly, at the regional level. This Could Be The Start of Something Big provides a vivid account of some of these efforts and is an important contribution to new thinking about progressive politics.― Paul Osterman, NTU...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474620
• ISBN13: 9780801474620
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"