There is a wealth of scholarship regarding social change work and social justice organizations. The Building Movement Project staff thought we’d take the opportunity to highlight a selection of books and articles that we (and our colleagues) have found helpful in their work and in their own political development. The focus of the materials will be more on organizational and field issues, rather than individual activists’ work. This list will change based on your input and in order to feature different selections, both recent and older publications. If you have other material you would like to suggest, please email us your recommendations. Please include the author/publication information along with a description of the work and why you have found it useful.

Chomsky, Noam and Edward Herman, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books, 1988 and 2002.

Cress, Daniel, "Nonprofit incorporation among movements of the poor: pathways and consequences for homeless social movement organizations," The Sociological Quarterly, Spring 1997 v38 n2 p343(18).

Dobkin Hall, Peter, "Historical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations," Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Herman et al. pp. 3-43.

Hardisty, Jean, Mobilizing Resentment. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.

Edwards, Michael. Civil Society. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004.

McAdam, Doug. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency 1930-1970. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982.

O’Conner, Alice. Poverty knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001.

Omi, Michael and Howard Winant. Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1980s. NY: Routledge, 1986/1989.

Piven, Frances Fox and Richard Cloward. Poor People’s Movements: Why they succeed, how they fail. New York: Vintage Books, 1979.

Sen, Rinku. Stir It Up: Lessons In Community Organizing and Advocacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Silliman, Jael, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross and Elena R. Gutiérrez. Undivided RIghts: Women of COlor Organize for Reproductive Justice. Cambridge: South End Press, 2004.

Skocpol, Theda, "Associations Without Members," The American Prospect. Volume 10, Issue 45. July 1 - August 1 1999.