People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826516565)

With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right to evaluate the current state of community organizing and the effectiveness of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Since 2002, ACORN has been dramatically expanding and raising its national profile; it has also been weathering controversy over its voter registration campaigns and an internal financial scandal.

The twelve chapters in this volume present the perspectives of insiders like founder Wade Rathke and leading outside practitioners and academics. The result is a thorough detailing of ACORN's founding and its changing strategies, including vivid accounts and analyses of its campaigns on the living wage, voter turnout, predatory lending, redlining, school reform, and community redevelopment, as well as a critical perspective on ACORN's place in the community organizing landscape.

Author: Robert Fisher
ISBN-10: 0826516564
ISBN-13: 9780826516565
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2009
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/25/2009 pg. 20
Choice 05/01/2010