New Book: ACORN, Community Organization, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
Posted by on October 26, 2009
The People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organization, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
By Robert Fisher, Editor
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 it’s 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.
Ordering Information: http://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/books/354/the-people-shall-rule
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