No Shortcuts
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| Author | Jane McAlevey |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | October 11, 2016 |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9780190624712 |
No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age (ISBN 1586480499) is a 2016 non-fiction book by Jane McAlevey. Mcalvey discusses meaningful change can only happen with organising that puts ordinary people at the center of their own struggle. She provides an analysis of power for movements and unions that don't understand their own sources of power or how to use it effectively.
A German edition was published by VSA: Verlag, a division of Springer Science+Business Media, in February 2019.
Overview[]
Chapters include "The Power to Win is in the Community, Not the Boardroom," "Nursing Home Unions: Class Snuggle vs. Class Struggle," "Chicago Teachers: Building a Resilient Union," "Smithfield Foods: A Huge Success You've Hardly Heard About," and "Make the Road New York." As she dissects each case, she identifies the reasons for the movement's success or failure.
Reception[]
The book received positive reviews from Dayna Tortorici, [1] and Sam Gindin.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Tortorici, Dayna (November 2017). "Lean Out- Feminist struggles are labor struggles". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Gindin, Sam (December 8, 2016). "The Power of Deep Organizing". Jacobin. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Heller, Charlie (January 5, 2017). "These are the Seven Books You Need to Understand (and Fight) the Age of Trump". Paste. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
External links[]
- American non-fiction books
- 2017 non-fiction books