Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice (Bloomsbury Revelations)

"The successor to the legendary activist Saul Alinsky, Edward T. Chambers pioneered a set of principles and practices that have guided community organizations throughout the US and the world. Roots for Radicals remains his definitive reflection on these fundamental principles of community activism: how, as public citizens, we can navigate the gap between the world as it is and as it should be, between self-interest and self-sacrifice and in doing so create lasting change for our communities. In the face of the increasingly turbulent politics of the 21st-century, Chambers's book has never been more relevant."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Dedication Page Contents Foreword to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition Edward Chambers—A Life in Organizing Foreword to the First Edition Introduction: The Industrial Areas Foundation: Social Knowledge, Power, and Politicalness Social Knowledge and Politics Chapter 1: The World As It Is and the World As It Should Be The Two Worlds Living In-Between the Two Worlds Being ↔ Becoming When the Two-World Tension Is Lost, or The War Over Values Keeping the Two Worlds in Balance Chapter 2: The Relational Meeting The Most Radical Thing We Teach Discovering a New Foundation for Organizing Laying the Foundation for a Broad-Based Citizens Organization The Art of the Relational Meeting After the Meeting A Challenge to You Chapter 3: Broad-Based Organizing: An Intentional Response to the Human Condition The Human Condition Civil Society, the State, and the Market Broad-Based Citizens Organizations How to Spot an IAF Organization Two Broad-Based Power Organizations Creating Social Capital The Vocation of Politicalness Chapter 4: Relationships: Private and Public Relationships: Private and Public Keeping Private and Public Straight Chapter 5: The Practice of Public Life: Research, Action, and Evaluation Oxygen for the Body Politic Research Action Evaluation Recognition Chapter 6: Reflections of an Organizer An Organizer’s Journey From Doing Good to FIGHT Organizing in Chicago Making Organizing a Profession Democratic Organizers Values in Action What to Look For in an Organizer Organizing for Family, Society, and Plurality Chapter 7: Broad-Based Organizing for the Twenty-First Century: United Power for Action and Justice Disposable Cities Deep Roots in the Windy City United Power in Action Chicago’s Answer to 9/11 Chapter 8: Thoughts on Twenty-First-Century Challenges The American Crisis Organizing Civil Society Three Standard Approaches to Public Life Pressures on Civil Society Institutional Power Developing a Politicalness for the Twenty-First Century Radical, Nonpartisan Assemblies Appendix: Industrial Areas Foundation Network IAF Trustees IAF National Organizers Executive Team Notes Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Chapter 8 Index