No Shortcuts
{{Short description|Book by Jane McAlevey}}
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| name = No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
| author = Jane McAlevey
| language = English
| country = United States
| genre = Non-fiction
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| isbn = 9780190624712
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| pub_date = October 11, 2016
| pages = 272
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No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age ({{ISBN|1586480499}}) is a 2016 non-fiction book by Jane McAlevey, in which the author argues that meaningful social change can only happen when organizing is built around workers and ordinary people at the community level. The book uses case studies from the labor unions and social movements.{{Cite web |last=Astolfi |first=Drew |title=BOOK REVIEW: No Shortcuts out of the mess we are in… |url=https://www.socialpolicy.org/online-only-features/856-no-shortcuts-out-of-the-mess-we-are-in.html |access-date=March 28, 2023 |website=Social Policy}}{{Cite web |title=No Shortcuts |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/no-shortcuts-9780190624712?cc=ca&lang=en& |access-date=March 28, 2023 |website=Oxford University Press}}
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A German edition was published by VSA: Verlag, a division of Springer Science+Business Media, in February 2019.
Overview
Chapters include "The Power to Win is in the Community, Not the Boardroom," "Nursing Home Unions: Class Snuggle vs. Class Struggle," "Chicago Teachers: Building a Resilient Union," "Smithfield Foods: A Huge Success You've Hardly Heard About," and "Make the Road New York." As she dissects each case, she identifies the reasons for the movement's success or failure.
Reception
The book received positive reviews from Dayna Tortorici, {{cite magazine |last=Tortorici |first=Dayna |date=November 2017 |title=Lean Out- Feminist struggles are labor struggles |url=https://harpers.org/archive/2017/11/lean-out/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331211402/https://harpers.org/archive/2017/11/lean-out/ |archive-date=Mar 31, 2023 |accessdate=23 January 2019 |magazine=Harper's Magazine}} and
Sam Gindin.{{cite web|last=Gindin|first=Sam|title=The Power of Deep Organizing|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/jane-mcalevey-unions-organizing-workers-socialism|date=December 8, 2016|work=Jacobin|accessdate=23 January 2019}}{{cite web |last=Heller |first=Charlie |date=January 5, 2017 |title=These are the Seven Books You Need to Understand (and Fight) the Age of Trump |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/donald-trump/seven-books-you-need-to-read-to-understand-and-fig |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331212626/https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/donald-trump/seven-books-you-need-to-read-to-understand-and-fig |archive-date=Mar 31, 2023 |accessdate=23 January 2019 |work=Paste}}
References
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External links
- [https://janemcalevey.com/ Author's Official Website]
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Category:American non-fiction books