David Dobbie
Biographic Data
| ID | 4099891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Dobbie |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobbie |
| SIGNATURE | DOBBIE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The People Shall Rule
Tagging Walls and Planting Seeds
Youth civic spaces are environments in which youth participation in civic action is fostered—the pathways, structures, and vehicles that provide opportunities for young people to engage in critical discussion, dialogue, and action. The concept of youth civic space includes the formal and informal places in which youth civic engagement can occur and how the lived experience of those places contributes to young people's development as civic actors.…
We Make Change
Writing We Make Change was obviously a labor of love for its authors. Their connection to the field shines through in interviews with 81 community organizers from across the United States. These na
Evolving Strategies of Labor-Community Coalition-Building
Multiracial labor-community coalitions have attracted considerable attention from scholars and activists based on their potential to rebuild local working-class movements, but we lack a systematic understanding of their emergence and evolution. This article explores the divergent development of collaborative efforts in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh following successful campaign to pass a living wage ordinance in each city during the late 199…
Reorganizing Higher Education in the United States and Canada
Every year in Canada and the U.S., the share of higher education faculty who teach off the tenure track grows. One might expect that faculty unionization would limit this process, but the data examined here indicate that this is not so. While Canadian universities are significantly more unionized than their U.S. counterparts, they rely at least as heavily on contingent faculty. Similarly, U.S. states with high levels of unionization do not exhibi…
Building Solidarity Through Difference
Building solidarity is perhaps the most crucial, yet under-theorized, process in organizing for social change. Traditional models of union and neighborhood-based organizing associate solidarity with commonality, as opposed to difference. However, this traditional organizing model is being forced to adapt to an increasingly multicultural context, presenting a need for rethinking past practices and creating new frameworks for multicultural organizi…
Building Solidarity Through Difference
Building solidarity is perhaps the most crucial, yet under-theorized, process in organizing for social change. Traditional models of union and neighborhood-based organizing associate solidarity with commonality, as opposed to difference. However, this traditional organizing model is being forced to adapt to an increasingly multicultural context, presenting a need for rethinking past practices and creating new frameworks for multicultural organizi…
Reorganizing Higher Education in the United States and Canada
Every year in Canada and the U.S., the share of higher education faculty who teach off the tenure track grows. One might expect that faculty unionization would limit this process, but the data examined here indicate that this is not so. While Canadian universities are significantly more unionized than their U.S. counterparts, they rely at least as heavily on contingent faculty. Similarly, U.S. states with high levels of unionization do not exhibi…
Evolving Strategies of Labor-Community Coalition-Building
Multiracial labor-community coalitions have attracted considerable attention from scholars and activists based on their potential to rebuild local working-class movements, but we lack a systematic understanding of their emergence and evolution. This article explores the divergent development of collaborative efforts in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh following successful campaign to pass a living wage ordinance in each city during the late 199…
Tagging Walls and Planting Seeds
Youth civic spaces are environments in which youth participation in civic action is fostered—the pathways, structures, and vehicles that provide opportunities for young people to engage in critical discussion, dialogue, and action. The concept of youth civic space includes the formal and informal places in which youth civic engagement can occur and how the lived experience of those places contributes to young people's development as civic actors.…
Reorganizing Higher Education in the United States and Canada
Every year in Canada and the U.S., the share of higher education faculty who teach off the tenure track grows. One might expect that faculty unionization would limit this process, but the data examined here indicate that this is not so. While Canadian universities are significantly more unionized than their U.S. counterparts, they rely at least as heavily on contingent faculty. Similarly, U.S. states with high levels of unionization do not exhibi…
Building Solidarity Through Difference
Building solidarity is perhaps the most crucial, yet under-theorized, process in organizing for social change. Traditional models of union and neighborhood-based organizing associate solidarity with commonality, as opposed to difference. However, this traditional organizing model is being forced to adapt to an increasingly multicultural context, presenting a need for rethinking past practices and creating new frameworks for multicultural organizi…
We Make Change
Writing We Make Change was obviously a labor of love for its authors. Their connection to the field shines through in interviews with 81 community organizers from across the United States. These na
Evolving Strategies of Labor-Community Coalition-Building
Multiracial labor-community coalitions have attracted considerable attention from scholars and activists based on their potential to rebuild local working-class movements, but we lack a systematic understanding of their emergence and evolution. This article explores the divergent development of collaborative efforts in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh following successful campaign to pass a living wage ordinance in each city during the late 199…
The People Shall Rule
Tagging Walls and Planting Seeds
Youth civic spaces are environments in which youth participation in civic action is fostered—the pathways, structures, and vehicles that provide opportunities for young people to engage in critical discussion, dialogue, and action. The concept of youth civic space includes the formal and informal places in which youth civic engagement can occur and how the lived experience of those places contributes to young people's development as civic actors.…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Community organizing (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (2 works) · Service-Learning and Community Engagement (2 works)