Article on Activism, Inc.

Here's an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about our new book, Activism, Inc.  It does a good job of tapping into the controversy surrounding Fisher's argument that progressive groups have outsourced different pieces of their political campaigns to external canvass networks, and how this prevented the Democrats from gaining political traction in the 2004 election.

Is outsourcing an effective model for running political campaigns and cultivating volunteers? Read on. And let us know what you think.

http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i04/04a01401.htm

	Activism, Inc. How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling Progressive Politics in America Dana R. Fisher 2006 Buy this book
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