First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition.
- ISBN10 0307756890
- ISBN13 9780307756893
- Publish Date 30 June 2010 (first published 23 October 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Vintage Books USA
- Format eBook
- Pages 114
- Language English