Edward Murphy 2015: For a Proper Home: Housing Rights in the Margins of Urban Chile, 1960 – 2010 . Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press

In some regards, the compilation reads as a foil to the long-developing and complex narrative of movement-aligned local organizing observed in some of today’s US cities and suburbs. Indeed, not all anger is created equal. Contemporary US formations such as Black Lives Matter, Right to the City Alliance and National Domestic Workers Alliance contrast with the Alinskyist tradition in theories of change and community care practice. On the other hand, organizers within these formations often deploy power analysis adapted from the Alinskyist tradition. More recently, several non-Alinsky formations developed strategic alignments with Alinskyist institutions NPA and PICO. The pragmatic choice for the astute organizer and student of urban democracy is to read People Power for its examples and its silences. Schutz and Miller contribute an invaluable account of the pitfalls and advantages of tried Alinskyist approaches. When considered in the more expansive context of transgressive struggle, the lessons drawn from these approaches remain apt for winning ‘non-reformist reforms’ of urgent and strategic need.