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Papa, Michael J.

Organizing for social change : a dialectic journey of theory and praxis / Michael J. Papa, Arvind Singhal, Wendy H. Papa. - New Delhi ; London : Sage, 2006. - 297 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Dialectic Approach to Organizing for Social Change Dialectic of Control and Emancipation in Bangladesh's Grameen Bank Dialectic of Oppression and Empowerment in India's Dairy Co-Operatives Dialectic of Dissemination and Dialogue in Rural India Dialectic of Fragmentation and Unity in Rural Appalachia A Dialectic Journey of Theory and Praxis TOC

Argues that social change emerges in a nonlinear, circuitous and dialectic process of struggle between competing poles of action. This book identifies 4 dialectic tensions as being central to the process of organizing for social change - control and emancipation, oppression and empowerment, dissemination and dialogue, and fragmentation and unity.



ISBN: 0761934340 (hbk) 9780761934349 0761934359 (pbk) 9780761934356

LCCN: 2005025813

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Community organization.
Community organization--Case studies.
Social action--Case studies.
Social change.
Dialectic.

LC Class. No.: HM766 / .P37 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 307.14 / PAO 2006