Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements

by Bill Moyer, JoAnn MacAllister, Steven Soifer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865714182
Publisher:	New Society Publishers
Publication date:	08/01/2001
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

The late Bill Moyer spent more than 40 years as a full-time theorist, writer, organizer, consultant, educator and participant in social movements focused on a wide-variety of issues on three continents. The originator of the MAP Model, Moyer gave training courses and workshops to over 20,000 people.

JoAnn McAllisteris a social action researcher and consultant to community-based organizations. She has been active in social movements for 25 years.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	viii
	Introduction	1
Part I	The Movement Action Plan	9
Chapter 1	The MAP Theory of Social Activism	10
Chapter 2	The Four Roles of Social Movements	21
Chapter 3	The Eight Stages of Social Movements	42
Chapter 4	Believing in the Power of Social Movements	87
Part II	Social Movement Theories and MAP	99
Chapter 5	Social Movement Theories and MAP: Beginnings of a Dialogue	100
Part III	Case Studies	115
Chapter 6	The U.S. Civil Rights Movement	116
Chapter 7	The Anti-Nuclear Energy Movement	137
Chapter 8	The Gay and Lesbian Movement in the United States	152
Chapter 9	The Breast Cancer Social Movement	165
Chapter 10	The Globalization Movement	176
	Conclusion--Toward the Future	186
	Glossary	200
	Notes	204
	Bibliography	212
	Index	220
	Author Contact Information	228