Books
People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal
by MARSHALL GANZ
At a moment when our democratic abilities seem to have eroded, and political, economic, and technological forces have weakened the capacity for collective action, People, Power, Change is a once-in-a-generation book for anyone who wants to create real and lasting change.
Marshall Ganz is one of the world's leading authorities on democratic organizing, and this book is the culmination of his decades of teaching, research, and work. In People, Power, Change, Ganz distills for students, practitioners, and activists the principles he has gleaned over the last half-century of creating collective action.
Ganz explores the forces, craft, and learned skill of organizing and provides an actionable framework for how to actually do it. He focuses the book on the creation and substance of relationships, the fuel of values and narrative, the resources and power of strategy, the necessity of structure, and the accountability of action. Across these five organizing ideas, Ganz weaves in his personal experiences from a lifetime of organizing in iconic social movements and campaigns to illustrate how collective action actually works and to build the practices and skills that must be developed to do it with intention and with success.
Raccontare il cambiamento: Storie, leadership, comunità
BY MARSHALL GANZ AND STEFANO ZORDAN
The volume presents to the Italian public the fundamental works of Marshall Ganz, professor at Harvard University and expert on social movements. Witness the fight for farmers' rights in California and protagonist of Barack Obama's first presidential victory, Ganz has developed frameworks capable of developing the power that individuals and communities need to produce the change they wish to achieve. A precious book for understanding and supporting change.
¡Sí se puede!: Estrategias para organizarse y cambiar el mundo
BY MARSHALL GANZ, TRANSLATED BY DARIO FIGUEROA
"Sí se puede." Esta expresión, que puede suscitar una sonrisa irónica, suele aparecer cuando una causa perdida (sea un partido de beisbol o una campaña política) remonta todos los obstáculos y parece dirigirse hacia una victoria inesperada. La mayor parte del tiempo la frase no pasa del acto de fe. No obstante, sí es posible organizarse y cambiar el rumbo de las historias, tanto personales como colectivas. Ése es el espíritu que anima el pensamiento y la práctica pedagógica de Marshall Ganz, cuyas ideas han tenido un impacto profundo en diversos activismos alrededor del mundo. Veterano en las campañas de la Unión de Campesinos (encabezada por César Chávez), testigo de la lucha por los derechos civiles y pieza crucial en el primer triunfo presidencial de Barack Obama, Ganz ha desarrollado liderazgos capaces de construir el poder que una comunidad necesita para alcanzar los cambios que desea con herramientas como la narrativa pública —en la que se entrevera la historia personal, del nosotros y del ahora—. Los textos de este volumen, provenientes de publicaciones, talleres, conferencias y entrevistas, se reúnen por primera vez en español y conforman una guía de trabajo para la organización efectiva de movimientos sociales y estrategias políticas. Antes que conjunto de buenos deseos, este libro demuestra que, con coraje e inteligencia, en efecto, ¡sí se puede!
Organizando: pueblo, poder y cambio Versión Kindle
BY MARSHALL GANZ, TRANSLATED BY IGNACIO IBARZABAL
Organizando: pueblo, poder y cambio Versión Kindle from 2020
Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
BY MARSHALL GANZ
Oxford University Press from 2010
What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality
BY THEDA SKOCPOL, ARIANE LIAZOS, MARSHALL GANZ
Princeton University Press from 2006