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Political activist Shaw (The Activist's Handbook, Univ. of California, 1996) presents two case studies of political activism to underscore his main thesis: successful political reform requires a national focus. He gives detailed accounts of Nike's spin campaign in the 1990s to hide the company's use of Indonesian sweatshop laborers and of a similar attempt by Jessica McClintock, Inc.Aa company manufacturing women's high-fashion clothingAto hide its use of illegal sweatshop labor in Oakland, CA. The second half of Shaw's analysis traces the development of Ralph Nader's Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) and demonstrates how their successes on the environmental front have been in direct proportion to their ability to command national attention. He also examines the minor successes and the rich potential of community-based nonprofit organizations (CBOs), the national media, and the Internet as resources to promote national activism. Though the book is clearly directed at the already converted and is at times sniping, Shaw makes a convincing case for activists to think and act nationally.AJack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San Diego
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Shaw's nuts-and-bolts accounts of the fights to shut down sweatshops and strengthen environmental laws show how grassroots battles can become nationwide campaigns. His tips on enlisting nonprofits, the media, and the Internet should help activists take their local struggles to the next level."--"Sierra Magazine
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Political activist Shaw (The Activist's Handbook, Univ. of California, 1996) presents two case studies of political activism to underscore his main thesis: successful political reform requires a national focus. He gives detailed accounts of Nike's spin campaign in the 1990s to hide the company's use of Indonesian sweatshop laborers and of a similar attempt by Jessica McClintock, Inc.Aa company manufacturing women's high-fashion clothingAto hide its use of illegal sweatshop labor in Oakland, CA. The second half of Shaw's analysis traces the development of Ralph Nader's Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) and demonstrates how their successes on the environmental front have been in direct proportion to their ability to command national attention. He also examines the minor successes and the rich potential of community-based nonprofit organizations (CBOs), the national media, and the Internet as resources to promote national activism. Though the book is clearly directed at the already converted and is at times sniping, Shaw makes a convincing case for activists to think and act nationally.AJack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San Diego
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Shaw's nuts-and-bolts accounts of the fights to shut down sweatshops and strengthen environmental laws show how grassroots battles can become nationwide campaigns. His tips on enlisting nonprofits, the media, and the Internet should help activists take their local struggles to the next level."--"Sierra Magazine
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national environmental activism, global living wage, national environmental campaigns, new budget priorities, national mobilizing, national activism, national grassroots campaigns, national budget priorities, clean air campaign, new clean air standards, overseas labor practices, progressive periodicals, mobilizing vehicle, federal budget priorities, mobilizing base, sweatshop goods, sweatshop campaigns, grassroots mobilizing, mobilizing capacity, clean air rules, ongoing coverage, redirection efforts, national environmental groups, labor abuses, forest activists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Global Exchange, Sierra Club, San Francisco, Peace Action, Phil Knight, Clean Air Act, White House, Los Angeles, President Clinton, New York Times, Communication Works, Bastard Nation, Cold War, Central American, Michael Jordan, Jeff Ballinger, Capitol Hill, Medea Benjamin, Democratic Party, Nike's Vietnam, North Carolina, Andrew Young, Kathie Lee Gifford, Nike's Indonesian, Silicon Valley New!
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national environmental activism, global living wage, national environmental campaigns, new budget priorities, national mobilizing, national activism, national grassroots campaigns, national budget priorities, clean air campaign, new clean air standards, overseas labor practices, progressive periodicals, mobilizing vehicle, federal budget priorities, mobilizing base, sweatshop goods, sweatshop campaigns, grassroots mobilizing, mobilizing capacity, clean air rules, ongoing coverage, redirection efforts, national environmental groups, labor abuses, forest activists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Global Exchange, Sierra Club, San Francisco, Peace Action, Phil Knight, Clean Air Act, White House, Los Angeles, President Clinton, New York Times, Communication Works, Bastard Nation, Cold War, Central American, Michael Jordan, Jeff Ballinger, Capitol Hill, Medea Benjamin, Democratic Party, Nike's Vietnam, North Carolina, Andrew Young, Kathie Lee Gifford, Nike's Indonesian, Silicon Valley New!
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- Locked in the Cabinet by Robert B. Reich on page 192, and Back Matter
- Putting people first: How we can all change America by Bill Clinton on page 192, and Back Matter
- Putting People First by Bill Clinton on page 192, and Back Matter
- Roll Call: One Year in the United States Senate by Senator William S. Cohen on page 197, and page 198
- The Long Boom: A Vision for the Coming Age of Prosperity by Peter Schwartz on page 281, and Back Matter
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- Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58 by E. Wayne Carp in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Public Intellectual by Helen Small on page 189, and page 200
- Imaginary States: STUDIES IN CULTURAL TRANSNATIONALISM (Transnational Cultural Studies) by Peter Hitchcock in Back Matter
- The Global Activist's Manual: Local Ways to Change the World by Michael Prokosch on page 189
- Sweatshop USA: The American Sweatshop in Historical and Global Perspective by Daniel E. Bender on page 223
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