Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements

Bill Moyer

ISBN 10: 0865714185 / ISBN 13: 9780865714182

Published by New Society Publishers, 2001

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An empowering guide to understanding the strategies behind successful social movements.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865714185
• ISBN 13: 9780865714182
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward.

Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements.

Bill Moyer is the originator of the MAP Model; he and his coauthors combine several decades of movement experience.

About the Author

Bill Moyer is the Executive Director of the San Francisco-based Social Movement Empowerment Project. He has been an organizer of environrmental and social movements for 35 years.