Activism, Inc : How The Outsourcing Of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling P...

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Book Title: Activism, Inc : How The Outsourcing Of Grassroots Campaigns ...

Item Length: 8.5in

Item Height: 0.6in

Item Width: 5.5in

Author: Dana R. Fisher

Publication Name: Activism, Inc : How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling Progressive Politics in America

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Publication Year: 2006

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 11.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 168 Pages