Politics and Grass
Author: Phillip O. Foss
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 258
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Author: Phillip O. Foss
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 258
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 824
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip Selznick
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 296
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Manning
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1997-07-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0140233881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than forty percent of our country was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little-understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of this land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but also a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture. Framing his book with the story of the remarkable elk, whose mysterious wanderings seem to reclaim his ancestral plains, Manning traces the expansion of America into what was then viewed as the American desert and considers our attempts over the last two hundred years to control unpredictable land through plowing, grazing, and landscaping. He introduces botanists and biologists who are restoring native grasses, literally follows the first herd of buffalo restored to the wild prairie, and even visits Ted Turner's progressive--and controversial--Montana ranch. In an exploration of the grasslands that is both sweeping and intimate, Manning shows us how we can successfully inhabit this and all landscapes.
Author: Laura R. Woliver
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780252019623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Outrage to Action examines the rise and fall of grass-roots interest groups through in-depth analyses of four incidents that mobilized citizens around local injustices. In one case, a local judge declared a five-year-old sexual assault victim a "particularly promiscuous young lady". In another, an innocent black man died in police custody. In the third, a man with a criminal record was charged with murdering a ten-year-old girl, and in the last a judge commented during a juvenile sentencing that rape is a normal reaction to the way women dress. Through in-depth interviews with activists, Laura Woliver examines these community actions, studying the groups involved and linking her conclusions to larger questions of political power and the impact of social movements. Group successes and failures are explained through analysis of fluid social movements and the role of religion, class, gender, and race. Woliver found that activists unprepared for the ostracism and conflict resulting from their dissent retreated from public life, while those who identified with alternative communities avoided self-blame and maintained their political commitments. She relates the community responses in these cases to those in the case of confessed mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer and in the beating by Los Angeles police officers of Rodney King. Her findings will make fascinating reading for those interested in the rise and fall of grass-roots interest groups, the nature of dissent, and the reasons why people volunteer countless hours, sometimes in the face of community opposition and isolation, to dedicate themselves to a cause. The four ad hoc interest groups studied are the Committee to Recall Judge ArchieSimonson (Madison), the Coalition for Justice for Ernest Lacy (Milwaukee), Concerned Citizens for Children (Grant County, Wisconsin), and Citizens Taking Action (Madison).
Author: Al Horton
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Published: 2002-08
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781403342331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGo with the author on his political adventures as he leads the unsophisticated in their efforts to make political changes He starts with the analysis of a political idea and proceeds through its victorious completion.
Author: Philip Selznick
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780520039797
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 356
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Günter Grass
Publisher: HarperVia
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780156687935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrass-novelist, poet, and graphic artist-is also a committed political activist. In this collection of essays, he takes on writing and politics with his accustomed verve and insight. Introduction by Salman Rushdie. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book