{"product_id":"activism-inc-dana-r-fisher-9780804752176","title":"Activism, Inc.: How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling Progressive Politics in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eActivism, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e introduces America to an increasingly familiar political actor: the canvasser. She's the twenty-something with the clipboard, stopping you on the street or knocking on your door, the foot soldier of political campaigns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGranted unprecedented access to the \"People's Project,\" an unknown yet influential organization driving left-leaning grassroots politics, Dana Fisher tells the true story of outsourcing politics in America. Like the major corporations that outsourced their customer service to companies abroad, the grassroots campaigns of national progressive movements--including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Save the Children, and the Human Rights Campaign--have been outsourced at different times to this single organization. During the 2004 presidential campaign, the Democratic Party followed a similar outsourcing model for their canvassing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFisher examines the history and rationale behind political outsourcing on the Left, weaving together frank interviews with canvassers, high-ranking political officials across the political spectrum, and People's Project management. She compares all of this to the grassroots efforts on the Right, which remain firmly grounded in communities and local politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book offers a chilling review of the consequences of political outsourcing. Connecting local people on the streets throughout America to the national organizations and political campaigns that make up progressive politics, it shows what happens to the passionate young activists outsourced to the clients of \u003ci\u003eActivism, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dana R. Fisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804752176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804752176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.82w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 173","brand":"Dana R. Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059761344767,"sku":"9780804752176","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b79708b3-42a7-4c68-893d-a1263f190071.jpg?v=1685060176","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/activism-inc-dana-r-fisher-9780804752176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}