Right-Wing Organizers Do This Too: The Case of the Christian Coalition

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This article documents and evaluates the organizing strategies of the Christian Coalition in the 1990s. Unlike most other Christian Right efforts, the Christian Coalition strongly emphasized a grassroots component in a social movement strategy that combined local efforts with a national organization. This study informs three debates in the field of community organizing: whether anything of value can be learned from right-wing organizing; whether contemporary organizing should remain focused on the local community or build power at the national level as well; and whether there is a place for mobilizing strategies in progressive community organizing.View full textDownload full textKeywordscommunity organizing, Christian coalition, new right, Christian right, social movements, community and organizational theoryRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2011.625540