The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) is the oldest and largest institution for community organizing in the United States. This resource for organizers presents a distillation of the IAF philosophy and its approach to community organizing. Topics include, for example, the relational meeting, the practice of public life, and broad-based organizing for the twenty-first century. Chambers has headed the IAF since 1972. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)