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Teaching in America, Third Edition, was written to meet preservice teachers need for an active learning book that presents current ideas about teaching in America along with the underpinning foundations of education.
The Third Edition, maintains its unique and engaging "working-text" style that provides preservice teachers' with an active learning experience while establishing the foundations of education and incorporating a contemporary picture of teaching in America today. Readers reflect and respond directly within the book to issues raised in the chapters, thereby actively constructing knowledge and ideas about teaching. This approach enables future teachers to make the transition from thinking about being a teacher to identifying with the profession as an active, confident participant. Teaching in America builds in the reader a firm knowledge of education as an institution and as a career, a knowledge of teaching competencies, and a knowledge of issues in education.
Customer Reviews:
Experience and Ingenuity.......2000-10-25
One of the best guides for someone breaking into teaching currently on the market. I have had the distinct honor of working with Dr. Morrison and these experiences have done nothing but enlighten me and teach me things I might not otherwise have learned. He brings this ability to communicate both gracefully and pactfully to his text, mixing it with his natural love of children and his honest desire to help people learn how to do that single most important of jobs - teach.
I recommend this book to anyone even vaguely considering education as a career, and to those who have experience in the profession. It will reveal many things you will not find anywhere else but experience and it will shed new light on old subjects for those with time infront of students.
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Based on the author's extensive experience as a working planner, this book gives readers an insider's view of sub-state urban planning—the “nitty-gritty” details on the interplay of politics, law, money, and interest groups. The author takes a balanced, non-judgmental approach to introduce a range of ideological and political perspectives on the operation of political, economic, and demographic forces in city planning. Unlike other books on the subject, this one is strong in its coverage of economics, law, finance, and urban governance. It examines the underlying forces of growth and change and discusses frankly who benefits and loses by particular decisions. A four-part organization covers the background and development of contemporary planning; the structure and practice of contemporary planning; fields of planning; and national planning in the United States and other nations, and planning theory. For individuals headed for a career in planning.
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Get a Broad spectrum of Urban Planning for the Beginner.......2000-07-11
This book gives a broad spectrum of what to expect in the planning field, but there are a few flaws. One is that the book is not written for the technocratic planner, it is written for the beginner or someone who is not going to make planning their career. But this book will give the beginner a broad basis to start from and for this I do suggest the beginner to read this before they choose planning as a career.
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This best-seller stands apart from others of its kind by its comparative approach, patient explanation, concern with policy, and ability to stimulate readers' interest. In a clear, accessible style, the authors demonstrate the important role that American states and communities play in the political life of the nation.
Focuses on the sources and nature of conflict in states and communities, along with the structures and processes designed to manage conflict. Includes updates and new topics throughout, with refocused organization; discusses timely issues such as New York City's response to terrorism and the 2000 presidential race. Examines the background and career of prominent political figures. Illustrates a wide variety of current political conflicts, covering issues such as the drinking age and the right to bear arms. Includes informative and entertaining discussion on various aspects of American states and communities such as state birds, nicknames, and ratings for the "most livable" states. provides end-of-chapter "On the Web" sections that direct students to links and additional information on the Internet.
For anyone interested in learning more about the American political process.
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This up-to-date, highly-readable text focuses on twin perspectives: the political economy of state and local politics and the impact of political reformism on states and communities.
Customer Reviews:
Enjoyable reading.......2007-06-01
I am not a Political Science major. I used the 2005 edition in a class that met a general education requirement, and I found this book surprisingly engaging, with interesting examples.
TO THE POINT.......2002-01-27
THIS IS A FANTASTIC TO THE POINT BOOK; CLEAR AND CONCISE! JUST THE THING WHEN TRYING TO GET AN UNBIASED OPINION OF A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC.
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This primers tells the "have-nots" how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy.
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Farting as social protest..........2007-06-23
They don't make 'em like Saul Alinsky anymore. (The only left-wing public intellectuals alive today that could even be mentioned in the same breath are Zinn and Chomsky...and they ain't gonna be around much longer.) Saul was one of those hyper-literate, socially-conscious Hebrews, coming straight out of the Jewish liberal tradition that made a unique impact on the political/class struggle of the 20th century. (Now the Jews have joined the establishment, and the historical accident of an intellectually capable oppressed minority will, in a generation or two, no longer exist.)
His treatise on pragmatic social change is a delight to read (even for a reactionary right-winger like myself), though it is somewhat dated, and the predictions oftentimes wrong. Despite his errors, and predictive ineptitude, this book is the work of a keen intellect, a man committed to what he thought was right, and an invaluable insight into the mind of a thinking leftist.
Alinsky has read his Marx, and the Hegelian/Marxist dialectic is a continuing theme in the book, as is the middle class's supposed alienation, but he is no commie. He criticizes Soviet Russia, and extols democracy as the only means by which revolution is to be achieved. He believes in probability, not causality, and is fiercely opposed to individualism. ("We are our brother's keeper," "Individuality is primitive stupidity.") I find the latter quote ironic, since, recalling Anthropology 101, the more primitive tribes display the most communitarian spirit...but Alinsky never says he is infallible.
His rules on means and ends are brilliant, as is his dissection of how protest is to be effective. He is particularly scornful of protest tactics (still used today by the anti-war movement...ineffectually) that achieve no concrete results, and only alienate the middle-class power base.
He considers that right actions are always done for wrong reasons, and adduces Abraham Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, disobeying a directive from the Supreme Court, and illegal use of military commissions to try civilians (sound familiar?), in order to win the Civil War.
He analyzes Gandhi as a pragmatist, not as some living moral saint, and provides a revisionist account of his tactics of non-violence. (He neglects to mention that Gandhi was a klismaphiliac.)
Alinsky stresses change, and dynamism, the stagnation of consistency, and how your friends today can be your enemies tomorrow. (The Left has forgotten this lesson, to their rhetorical disadvantage.)
The one place where Alinsky seriously goes off the rails is the chapter on using stock proxies to combat corporate practices. I've been to shareholders' meetings, and seen the "progressive" proposals by church groups, PETA, the Sierra Club, etc., voted on...and routinely defeated by margins of 99.7%. Alinsky lets his idealism trump his pragmatic common sense when he claims that people--middle-class people--will sacrifice dividends for "social justice."
Notwithstanding that, however, this book is still very worthwhile for all to study...partly as an historical artifact, partly for the Man to understand how to effectively stymie the lumpen-proletariat, and partly for the Left to understand why not to replicate the mistakes that Alinsky identified and warned against. (Although the Left would be advised to devise completely new tactics altogether...marching, picketing, and chanting are, as Alinsky would say, "trite.")
Rules For Radicals.......2007-03-12
I liked the book and wanted to compare some of the ideas to those that I have used to fight for Motorcycle Rights.
I have not finished it yet but would suggest those interested in rights movements do Read It.
ROGUE
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member
A useful tool for change.......2006-11-03
Although reading this book was a class assignment, I am certain that I will use it throughout my life as a professional and as a community member, desiring to make change in my own community. It is a very useful tool or guide that can be applied to a variety of situations -- from national political policies to PTA organizing. Don't let the title of the book scare you away, you do not need to consider yourself a radical to make change.
There are things I don't like, but some things I liked very much!.......2005-09-13
"RULES FOR RADICALS" by Saul Alinsky.
As some readers observe, it was Alinsky's "rules" as adopted by political conservatives which turned tables on the political left. I review "Rules" from a philosophical standpoint and a rational approach to truth criteria.
One of the more telling passages comes early, in the PROLOGUE:
*In a world where everything is so interrelated that one feels helpless to know where or how to grab hold and act, defeat sets in; for years there have been people who've found society too overwhelming and have withdrawn, concentrated on 'doing-their-own-thing'. Generally we have put them into mental hopitals and diagnosed them as schizophrenics.* -Saul Alinsky, PROLOGUE, p. xix
I am much in agreement with Alinsky's description of the schizoid split that takes place in the minds and hearts of many. Alinsky does not make the complete and logical connection between political activism and sanity and mental health. Alinsky can only imply it. Political activists, as we may observe them day to day, seldom display such an evolved commitment to principle or reason, nor do they demonstrate PEACE, but likely as not, rage and discontentment. At their worst, they exhibit the flawed chararacter who prefers to change the world, never him or herself.
The very problem that Alinsky identifies is the off-spring of a very popular epidemic of moral relativism, rooted in a psychological SCRIPT based upon pain-avoidance and selfish attitudes and a turning away from all-things-uncomfortable-in-life, and all responsibility for wrongs in the world. i.e. the schizoid split, which simply says, "I'm accountable only for credit for saving the world; I'm not accountable if its only a big, dirty clean-up job! It is directly related to the same SITUATIONAL ETHICS embodied in humanist and liberal views of society, an attitude of spiting authority and refusing to be held to any identifiable moral standard, whatsoever.
Alinsky does acquaint us with some fundamental moral dilemmas, especially regarding the definition of POWER. He leaves the reader with a sense of clarity. I do not believe activists generally reflect the rationalist tendency with which Alinsky confronts elements of our political life.
Moreover, the striking issue which Alinsky seems to avoid is the realm in which individuals become personally responsible for their lives; that precise point in which the individual acknowledges that life itself is larger than a part, and that all problems are not the government's making, nor is government action necessarily the solution.
I keep in mind that Alinsky was an agnostic. (He has passed on). Unfortunately, when someone adopts moral and ethical positions, far removed from notions of a higher power, he is simply 'playing God'; and that is where the MORAL RELATIVISM issue enters the scene. Philosophically, when any of us identifies RIGHT & WRONG, there ought to be both ACCOUNTABILITY & CONSISTENCY; social activists frequently fail to identify on a permanent basis, what constitutes everyday standards of RIGHT & WRONG, and Alinsky essentially advocates endless and on-going situational ethics and moral relativism; but his ideas, as TOOLS, are free for everyone to employ. There's the rub!
Alinsky does raise some fundamental philosophical issues, but certainly not all. His greatest fault in my opinion, is that he leaves these issues incomplete. It was fair for him to hold his materialistic view of property, society, activism etc. even if those are a limited view; but was it fair for him to avoid fundamental philosophical conflicts between science & religion & philosophy? Alinsky is TUNNEL-VISIONED in this regard, because solutions to human problems are not inherently, POLITICAL solutions. That's where the RULES ends in an incomplete viewing of human problems. Many human problems have spiritual solutions; but RULES is good as a starting outline of human ethical problems between opposing forces, so far as Alinsky is willing to examine public life. I give Alinsky his due.
Was Alinsky willing to define MAN, except as a physical animal, devoid of soul, destined to be in eternal conflict with public institutions of power? Alinsky fails, and leaves us a model of life as individuals in perpetual battle with the Nation, the Corporation, or the City Fathers (or Mothers!). He cannot prove that simply because we are fighting a fight, that our discontentment shall turn to contentment.
Who will benefit from reading Alinsky's Rules for HOW-TO-FIGHT-THE-GOOD-FIGHT? There are groups from all parts of the social spectrum that fight foolishly. I see them sabotage their own efforts all the time. Here's an example:
#1 The RIGHT-TO-LIFE organization opposes abortion; but instead of simply fighting that specific fight, they squander their energies in fighting Right-To-Assisted Suicide. Their focus is too broad to be effective. R.T.L fights in all directions at once, with the result they become depressed and confused. In fact, if they narrowed their focus and pursued the single battle they could win, ABORTION, the rest of the issues they oppose just might topple to their satisfaction.
#2 RIGHT-TO-LIFE Operates arrogantly, and by this I mean that they use an absolutist slogan, "ABORTION IS ALWAYS WRONG!"
I'm sorry, but it is perennially true that exceptions make the rule. Were RTL less absolutist, less inclined to 'play GOD' and more inclined to serve GOD, their cause would appeal to a wider base of reasonable and common sensical people...everyday people. We often say, NEVER SAY NEVER, and we might also say, ALWAYS AVOID SAYING ALWAYS. It makes one appear arrogant, imperious, and unreasonable.
#3 RTL presents the issue, "personally". They present it to the general public at their rallies as a "personal" issue. Their speakers sob and grieve, and so does their audience, to the point that to be motivated on the issue of ABORTION, it would appear that one must first feel misery and spread misery to everyone else. They have failed to present their issue in a POSITIVE manner, as a common human problem that requires thoughtful consideration. Hey! Nobody wants to feel miserable. Who needs it?
#4 RTL employs the "CULTURE-OF-DEATH" slogan to describe the FIFTY-MILLION-PLUS babies murdered by abortion in the U.S. alone since 1967. "Culture-of-Death" is backing the opposition into a corner and insisting on beating him to death where he stands. That's odd, because most religious people would agree that rather than "condemning" the culture, religion would most likely teach men to help "show" their brother the way out of darkness, rather than merely naming the ditch that he dwells in for the sake of "shaming" him. RTL might replace that negative slogan with CULTURE-OF-LIFE celebrations to endorse family and single parents who commit to nurture and protect life.
I believe Alinsky is a wonderful focal point for philosopical questions, but he does not address all the issues in full. He is not afraid of conflict, and was willing to lead where and when he was invited as an organizer; but was Alinsky willing to address fundamental issues which go to the very core of human conflict? Not really, as much as I admire the man, I find he is limited by an incomplete view of MAN, the citizen. Man was not a SOUL by Alinsky's estimation. Therefore, Alinsky sees men accountable to their fellow man, but does not see Man accountable to GOD or spiritual principle. Perhaps Alinsky's shortsightedness was that it limits our very life to an eternal conflict on the basis of HAVES & HAVE NOTS.
The flawed assumption in Alinsky's writing in this philosophical sense, is that his moral, ethical, and philosophical views of individual activism, are based upon an undeclared religious assumption of UNITY amongst people. Alinsky worked toward unification, but without identifying the WHAT it is, that truly unifies all mankind. The same exception is made throughout liberal movements today. There is an inherent affirmation of UNITY throughout liberal philosophy, but denial as to what constitutes UNITY. This gross error becomes equally pronounced in a philosopical scrutiny of Alinsky.
Credit Alinsky with an honest viewing of Mahatma Ghandi, whose ideas are largely misreprented and misunderstood in popular culture. Gandi was hardly a saint, and he certainly was not free of considerations of violence to achieve Indian independence. He was a pragmatist in every sense. Alinsky focuses on this aspect of Ghandi's personality.
'Rules for Radicals' is valuable for its truths, and for its flaws. Alinsky was a brilliant and courageous man, though not a hero by any stretch. Alinsky was a man keenly aware that he was a power broker, and who casually avoided the deeper implications of his ideological foundations. The fire which drove him to an evangelical fervor as a political organizer is worthy of study. There is something in his book for everyone, but I will not fail to point out that some activists (and I have used RIGHT-TO-LIFE as an example here) draw their ideological motivations from such a narrow and restrictive set of paramaters [scripture and religious sentiments in this case] that they are sometimes counterproductive, halting, and doomed to an ineffectiveness. For this, I, for one, am terribly sorry, and very saddened.
If you have never observed "peace" or "justice" activsts engage in spiteful back-stabbing, and gossip in the struggle for a paid, $5.00/per hour activist job, you might blindly believe that such people are often SAINTLY, or PEACEFUL, and above others. I assure you, they are as self-serving as the rest of us. Alinsky is very human, and not the epitome of human virtue; and the difficulty with activism is that activists will cloak themselves in self-righteous virtue, absent the logical and rational justifications that support such a sense of righteousness. Alinsky would have us believe that CHANGE is what we must force upon the world outside of ourselves. Sadly, it is a truth that we cannot have any kind of peace, until we begin to force change inside ourselves first.
I found "Rules for Radicals" to be an excellent jumping-off-point in the process of clarifying what I believe. It is better as an outline of issues to be discussed; but I was deeply moved by the book.
Who really knew Sol Alinsky?.......2005-08-09
Soon I will celebrate my 84th birthday; I'm originally from NYC and lived in the West Bronx where I saw and heard Sol Alinsky speak at building cooperatives and other organizational events on various occasions. Sol Alinsky was NOT a Marxist and those who attribute this to him never saw or heard him when he was a young and very alive human being. He was an honest, sincere American patriot.
He lived in a shameful period of our history when Capitalism was at its worst; not too many years after the tragic, horrific Triangle fire which burned a large number of seamstresses to death in a dress factory. Since the truism that "history repeats itself" is occurring at this very moment, if I believed in reincarnation, I would search for Alinsky's return. Capitalism has returned to the days of old and there are very few companies which are good to their workers.
Alinsky was the workers' knight in shining armor with a tongue that was greater and stronger than that of Sir Lancelot. If Hillary or any one else from that period learned anything from him, they were very fortunate for he was that unique voice of decency which appears all to infrequently.
For all those honest, good Americans who are appallled with the lies and deceptions of our present day leaders, this is a book which should be read to help, guide and invigorate you in the never-ending battle against religious fanaticism and ultra right-wing reactionary views. When a group argues for the teachings of the BIBLE as to Creation, we are in very deep trouble and the cultural switch has slipped into reverse.
No one wants to acknowledge that the so-called Bible was NOT written by God but by men and it does NOT represent the WORD OF GOD. I strongly urge one and all to read Saul Alinsky.
Book Description
This text distinguishes itself through its extremely accessible writing style, relative brevity, inclusion of unique topics such as tribal governments, and its focus on the relationship between government and the governed. As the authors have done in previous editions, their approach to the study of state and local governments personalizes the material, making it more meaningful to the student.
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One of the hottest trends in real estate is the development of town centers and urban villages that include a mix of uses in a pedestrian friendly setting. This new book will help you navigate the unique development issues and options and show you how to make all of the elements work together. You will learn about the economic and social forces driving this trend; how these projects are being developed in master planned communities, infill, and redevelopment areas; special regulatory, market and finance issues; and how suburban planners and developers are pursuing town center concepts to create attractive gathering places for their communities. Illustrat-ed in full color, the book includes case studies and examples that describe how leading professionals met the challenges and developed innovative and successful projects.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent for Urban Planning!.......2007-01-10
I was put on to this book by a professor at USF School of Architecture. It contains not only the history of placemaking but real examples of placemaking and tools in how to achieve the notion of "place." Not only is this a great resource, but it is easy to read and follow along.
Highly reccomended!
Power and ample information and graphics.......2006-08-24
I found this book to be one of the best out on the topic, of which there are too few at present for such an important topic. The depth and breadth of place-making topics and their coverage makes this a very excellent easy-to-read-and-understand as well as a long-term reference tool. The graphics are very well done. Having recently attended a Harvard program on retail for cities and new towns and urban center given by Bob Gibbs and Terry Shook, I especially found the book right on target. I want to see more of these types of books.
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Updated line-by-line and focusing throughout on the dual themes of problem solving and community/police collaboration and partnerships, this comprehensive text provides law enforcement students and police professionals with a career-focused up-to-the minute look at effective community policing. After presenting an historical perspective and the philosophy behind the movement, police veteran Linda S. Miller and renowned criminal justice educator Kären M. Hess turn to the practical strategies and essential skills needed to implement realistic, workable problem solving within communities today. And, because changes in technology and society continually present new challenges to police officers, COMMUNITY POLICING: PARTNERSHIPS FOR PROBLEM SOLVING (formerly titled THE POLICE IN THE COMMUNITY: STRATEGIES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY) illustrates the application of procedures to the latest issues, preparing students and professionals to understand the opportunities and responsibilities now faced by the police and the community they serve.
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I shot this book then burned what was left.......2006-05-08
I was forced to read this book for the written portion of my Sergeant promotional exam. I have a BA in Criminal Justice and a BA in Psychology. This is the worst textbook I have ever read. The authors have so little information to impart, that they quote themselves from other chapters! After sifting through the c_ _ p in this book, I now have a clear understanding of what community policing actually is: People are too stupid to fix their own problems and are unable to rely on their elected leaders, so the police must pick up the slack. In this book, you could just as easily substitute Mail Woman, Garbage Man, or Cable TV Repairman for Police Man. As you read, you find out that you have been a terrible police officer. Further, the only way to fix yourself is to read this book and internalize its junk. Simply put, community policing is a way for your department to get federal funding. Next time someone asks you to fix a social problem, tell them that their elected local representative, home owner's association, town council, or governer is responsible for those concerns, not the police. Though, you will be glad to lock up their neighbor for kicking his dog.
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In this era of technology, terror, and massive social change, it takes a deft touch to connect with Americans. Applebee's America cracks the twenty-first-century code for political, business, and religious leaders struggling to keep pace with the times.
A unique team of authors -- Douglas B. Sosnik, a strategist in the Clinton White House; Matthew J. Dowd, a strategist for President Bush's two campaigns; and award-winning political journalist Ron Fournier -- took their exclusive insiders' knowledge far outside Washington's beltway in search of keys to winning leadership.
They discovered that successful leaders, even those from disparate fields, have more in common than not.
Their book takes you inside the reelection campaigns of Bush and Clinton, behind the scenes of hyper-successful megachurches, and into the boardrooms of corporations such as Applebee's International, the world's largest casual dining restaurant chain. You'll also see America through the anxious eyes of ordinary people, buffeted by change and struggling to maintain control of their lives.
Whether you're promoting a candidate, a product, or the Word of God, the rules are the same in Applebee's America.
• People make choices about politics, consumer goods, and religion with their hearts, not their heads.
• Successful leaders touch people at a gut level by projecting basic American values that seem lacking in modern institutions and missing from day-to-day life experiences.
• The most important Gut Values today are community and authenticity. People are desperate to connect with one another and be part of a cause greater than themselves. They're tired of spin and sloganeering from political, business, and religious institutions that constantly fail them.
• A person's lifestyle choices can be used to predict how
he or she will vote, shop, and practice religion. The authors reveal exclusive new details about the best "LifeTargeting" strategies.
• In this age of skepticism and media diversification, people are abandoning traditional opinion leaders for "Navigators." These otherwise average Americans help their family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers negotiate the swift currents of change in twenty-first-century America.
• Winning leaders ignore conventional wisdom and its many myths, including these false assumptions: Voters only act in their self-interests; Republicans rule exurbia; and technology drives people apart. Wrong, wrong, and wrong.
• Once you squander a Gut Values Connection, you may never get it back. Bush learned that hard lesson within a year of winning reelection.
Applebee's America offers numerous practical examples of how leaders -- whether from the worlds of politics, business, or religion -- earn the loyalty and support of people by understanding and sharing their values and goals.
Customer Reviews:
Communications & Community Today.......2007-01-29
By examining developments in business, church and politics, the author opens a fascinating view on how people respond to belonging, form community, and make relationships in our new age, and how new communication methods and deliberate efforts by institutions to use them are re-shaping traditional processes and systems, and yielding remarkable success. As a new political leader who thought he understood how these things worked, it opened my eyes (once again) to an ever-changing world. Highly recommended. It will get you thinking ... a lot!
Where Community Connects.......2007-01-15
I enjoyed this book overall. The Navigators were an especially compelling article included. It reminded me of DuBois and The Talented Tenth and that a few people often make decisions for the entire community. I especially liked the section on Generation 9/11. As a grad student I intend to study this generation and this gives me a great starting point. One of the things I disliked was the linking of church, community, restaurants and many other points that were not covered enough or should be covered with additional books. Each topic deserved more coverage but I understand why he was trying to link them all. It seemed a little cluttered. Overall it is a well written book and I am sure it will be assigned to participation classes in the future. I give a grade of B.
Applebee's Profile.......2007-01-03
I loved the simple and almost comedic comparisons regarding Democrats v Republican profile... Some are shocking. Lighthearted and easy to read, great for just before bed.
A Mess of Consultant Babble.......2006-12-24
This poorly written book is mostly a fluffy mess of consultant babble. There is little material of interest or value in this book. The author's favorite catch term, "gut value connections" sounds like something some half-bright consultant would come up with. And they did.
Starting a non-profit? Read this book!.......2006-11-29
Anyone starting a non-profit organization (church, civic group, local political campaign, etc.) should read this book. It contains a wealth of insights that could be discussed by leadership and the committed core to identify key values and foster a healthy, collaborative organization.
Book Description
In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She not only provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde, but she shows the importance of self-defined knowledge for group empowerment. In the tenth anniversary edition of this award-winning work, Patricia Hill Collins expands the basic arguments of the first edition by adding several important new themes. A new discussion of heterosexism as a system of power, an expanded treatment of images of Black womanhood, U.S. Black feminism's connections to Black Diasporic feminisms, and more attention to the importance of social class and nationalism all appear in the new edition. In addition, the new edition includes recent developments in black cultural studies, especially black popular culture, as well as recent events and trends such as the Anita Hillhearings and the backlash against affirmative action.
Customer Reviews:
feminist thought and female chauvinist pigs.......2007-10-05
The book were in excellent condition and did not take long to arrive at home earlier than expected.
a great introduction to Black Feminist literature............2007-06-01
I knew little about the Black Feminist movement, when I first read this book over four years ago. It was part of a list of required books for a Black and Indigenous women's course through the school of Women's Studies. This school of thought has more involved in it than meets the eye. For starters, according to the very compelling and highly researched studies of Patricia Hill Collins, it came about in the face of great discrimination against, not only, African-Americans and women, but especially African-American women. They were looked down upon and objectified, due to their race, the means in which many African-Americans were forceably brought to the United States, as slaves (fodder for wealthy, white slave owners in their fields and in their children's nurseries, as well as their kitchens).
What works so well in its book is the acute insight and detail that Collins brings to her body of work. This book is really beautifully put together, and we get a sense of the evolution of Black Feminist Thought, through time. It's unbelievable to me that not more people have heard of this book, and I really think a formal movement needs to be started in schools throughout the country, to bring interracial consciousness to the masses, through literature. Read this book today.
Great Book for All People.......2004-01-26
I'm a gay white male and I loved this book! Collins does an amazing job presenting her compelling thesis, and I continue to thank Sociology in general for being the most daring, critical-thinking academic discipline ever. It's no surprise sociologists like Collins dare to speak out on gay rights issues (see her section on homophobia/heterosexism) - sociology is the only area of thought that consistently questions the status quo. In a day in age where so many (though by no means all!) African-American (heterosexuals) are horribly anti-gay and increasingly pro-greed/pro-capitalism, Collins stands out as a heroine for all peoples. I am still waiting for an openly gay hip-hop artist!! How cool would that be? I recommend this book to absolutely anyone. Five stars!
Inspired.......2001-08-01
Patricia Hill Collins exemplifies a practitioner's and theorist's point of view on black feminism as it relates to Africa American and our African sisters. She references critical and inspiring data and quotes from a varied repetoire of authors, historians, and philosophers. The author explains the context and format of her subject upon initial reading. This book also draws commonalities among the issues and concerns among African American women and our international sisterhood (i.e., African, Carribean, etc.,) It illustrates the social and cultural values among all groups, the commonalities among the values while focusing on the African American feminist aspect. This is a must read for any person, be it woman or not, African American or other. It brings about a social and cultural understanding that is pertinent to the "holonomy" of understanding and appreciating varied cultural, social and historical values and experiences while commencing to the building of community. Please add this title to your collection of literature. You won't be disappointed; if for nothing more than to open your world to receive another perspective.
Insightful.......2000-05-02
Collins'analysis of black feminism is an enlightening piece of literature that forces its readers to chanllenge main stream assumptions and discover the underlying mechanisms of racism and sexism in America. To create this effect, she uses a range of feminist perspectives form the calm subtleties of Angela Davis to the slightly boisterous philosopy of Bell Hooks. Nevertheless, by displaying these perspectives equally Collins shows that the struggle for equally is not an individual struggle but one that requires collectively. This book is intensely thought provoking and it is guaranteed to give its readers profound insight into black feminism.
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- Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch, Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry
- Financial Fitness in 45 Days
- Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Vol. 3
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Possible Lives
Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach with PowerWeb
Case Studies of Beginning Teachers
Elementary Classroom Management (5th Edition)
How to Develop a Professional Portfolio: A Manual for Teachers (4th Edition)
