Engler, Mark and Paul, This is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty-First Century

Engler and Engler address a basic problem everyone engaged in social change must face: whether to follow a movement-based or structure-oriented approach. The ideas of the first tradition are exemplified by Fox Piven and Richard Cloward’s theories on social movements and are contrasted with Saul D. Alinsky’s approach of structure-oriented community organizing. The authors eventually conclude that the marriage between both approaches represents a major breakthrough.