Democracy in the Making: How Activist Groups Form (Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0076WSM8C |
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| Number of Pages | : | 548 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kathleen M. A renowned scholar of activism in the U.S., from the left to the far-right, her work on racist movements is published in the award-winning books, Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement and Women ofthe Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s.. Blee is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh
Great understanding of the small dynamics that quickly become bigger Kevin Reuning Great understanding of the small dynamics that quickly become bigger. This is a topic that is rarely focused on in either academia or in activism (at least not from this perspective). Blee does a great job of bringing together what I can only imagine is a voluminous pile of notes.Read it if you wan
This is a path-breaking study that refocuses our attention on the processes of activism." -Marc W. Theoretically innovative and methodologically rigorous, this study of 69 activist groups investigates the micro-dynamics of mobilization into collective action-its successes and its failures." -Donatella della Porta, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute"This book is an enormous breath of fresh air in an area that often recycles concepts and perspectives. Chambré, City University of New York, lNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. A wide range of activists will recognize themselves in this book's wonderfully fine-grained portraits of politics at the grassroots. At a minimum, it will show scholars how to effectively examine the develop
Kathleen Blee finds that while social activists often narrow their visions of doable social change, they also can learn together and take surprising new directions with unpredictable results. Steinberg, Associate Professor of Sociology, Smith CollegeWith civic engagement commonly understood to be on the decline and traditional bases of community and means of engagement increasingly fractured, how do people become involved in collective civic action? How do activist groups form? What hampers the ability of these groups to invigorate political life, and what enables it?Kathleen Blee's groundbreaking new study provides a provocative answer: the early times matter. At the same time, she charts the turning points at which options re-open and groups become receptive to change and reinvention.Based on observing more than sixty grassroots groups in Pittsburgh for three years, Democracy in the Making is an unprecedented look at how ordinary people come together to change society. It gives a close-up look at the deliberations of activists on the left and right as they work for animal rights, an end to the drug trade in their neighbourhood, same-sex marriage, global peace, and more. Vital for scholars and activists alike, this practical yet profound study shows us, through the examples of both groups that flourish and those that flounder, how grassroots activism can better live