Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organisation, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movements

Author: Marshall Ganz

Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2009, pp. 344

Uses the struggle of Latino farmworkers in California in the 1960s to illustrate the concept of ‘strategic capacity’ – how strategic resourcefulness can sometimes compensate for lack of resources.

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A Guide to Civil Resistance

Acknowledgements
Foreword

Preface to 2013 edition

General Introduction to 2006 edition

Volume One

A. Introduction to Nonviolent Action

B. Elements of Nonviolent Resistance to Colonialism in Africa after 1945

D. Resisting Authoritarianism in Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Regimes

E. Resisting Oppressive, Dictatorial, Military or Authoritarian Rule

F. External Support: Opportunities, Problems and Debates about 'Democracy Assistance'

Volume Two

General Introductory Titles

A. Campaigns for Social and Economic Justice

B. Indigenous Movements

C. Green Campaigns and Protests

D. Peace Movements Since 1945

E. Resistance Movements Against Specific Wars

F. Feminist Movements and Protests

G. LGBT: Campaigns for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Rights

H. Campaigns Against Government

I. Regional Campaigns for Civic, Cultural or National Rights

J. Struggles for Racial Justice

K. Preparation and Training for Nonviolent Action

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Volume One -> A. Introduction to Nonviolent Action -> A. 1. Theory Methods and Examples -> A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements

Cross referenced in:

Volume Two -> A.1. Campaigns by Workers -> A.1.a. Selected Strikes -> A.1.a.i. California Grape Pickers' Strike and Boycott Campaign, 1965-1970

The online version of Vol. 1 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). ICNC is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide.

For more information about ICNC, please see their website.

The online version of Vol. 2 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of The Network for Social Change. The Network for Social Change is a group of individuals providing funding for progressive social change, particularly in the areas of justice, peace and the environment.