Focusing on the David and Goliath struggle between Nike and grassroots activists critical of the company's overseas labor practices, this title shows how national activism can rewrite the supposedly ironclad rules of the global economy by ensuring fair wages and decent living standards for workers at home and abroad.
"Randy Shaw provides the definitive account of the historic national campaign to reform Nike's labor practices. Reclaiming America is a must read for everyone seeking to achieve greater social and economic fairness in the 21st Century."-Medea Benjamin, Co-Director, Global Exchange
"Reclaiming America is an outstanding and innovative work that provides new understanding of events and patterns in American society. Shaw's activist-oriented analysis of methods of effective mobilization campaigns is unique and extremely important for scholars and practitioners alike."-Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia
"Reclaiming America is a must read for anyone who wants to impact the national agenda. By taking a close look at recent victories against sweatshops and for clean air, Randy Shaw urges us to think big-and win through national agitation against the Great American Consumer machine."-Jim Hightower, author of There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos
"Reclaiming America refutes the myth of campus apathy and shows how student activists play a vital role in national policy fights. Shaw's account of the successful Clean Air Act campaign led by the PIRGs and Sierra Club is enormously valuable in depicting how grassroots activism can still overcome big money in the national arena."-Gene Karpinsky, Executive Director, U.S. PIRG
"In an era when the nonprofit sector is bearing dramatically increased reponsibility for meeting human needs, Reclaiming America is essential reading. Randy Shaw challenges community based organizations to connect their good works with national policy discussions. Shaw demonstrates how acting nationally is a necessary part of local advocacy and service work. Anyone who works in the nonprofit sector or cares about it must read this book."-Mary Beth Pudup, University of California, Santa Cruz
