Mobilizing the Community

Introduction - Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling The Continued Vitality of Community Mobilization PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXTS Grassroots Organizing Worldwide - Robert Fisher Common Origins, Historical Roots, and the Tension between Democracy and the State Complex Society/Complex Cities - Joseph Kling New Social Movements and the Restructuring of Urban Space Participation in New York and London - Norman Fainstein and Susan S Fainstein Community and Market Under Capitalism PART TWO: COMMUNITY-BASED MOBILIZATIONS Private Spaces and the Politics of Places - Sally A Marston and George Towers Spatio-Economic Restructuring and Community Organizing in Tucson and El Paso Building Multiracial Alliances - Gary Delgado The Case of People United for a Better Oakland Keep on Keeping On - Ann Withorn and Betty Mandell Organizing for Welfare Rights in Massachusetts The Career of Urban Social Movements in West Germany - Margit Mayer The Silent Valley (Kerala, India) Dam Abandonment - Matthew Zachariah A Case of Successful Community Mobilization `Deepening' Democracy - Sonia E Alvarez Social Movement Networks, Constitutional Reform, and Radical Urban Regimes in Contemporary Brazil PART THREE: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND IDENTITY POLITICS Friends and Neighbors - Judith Allen Knowledge and Campaigning in London The Difficulty of Leaving `Home' - Valerie Lehr Gay and Lesbian Organizing to Confront AIDS Pioneering Muslim Women in France - Sophie Body-Gendrot The Bay Area Movement Against the Gulf War - Barbara Epstein PART FOUR: CONCLUSION Conclusion - Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling Prospects and Strategies for Mobilization in the Era of Global Cities