Democracy in the Making How Activist Groups Form

Name: Democracy in the Making How Activist Groups Form
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ISBN: 9780199842766

ISBN-10: 0199842760

ISBN-13: 9780199842766

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kathleen M. Blee

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Why do activist groups get stuck in routine ways of talking and acting? And why are these so hard to change? Kathleen Blee provides a provocative answer: that the way grassroots groups start can hamper their ability to invigorate political life and change society for years to come. Important for both scholars and activists, it shows how grassroots activism can better live up to its potential, and pinpoints the pitfalls that activist groups should avoid.Based on observing more than 60 grassroots groups in Pittsburgh for three years,Democracy in the Makingis an unprecedented look at how ordinary people come together to change society. It gives a close-up look at the deliberations of activists…

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List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Kathleen M. Blee is Professor of Sociology and Director of Women's Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of No Middle Ground , also available from NYU Press.



Acknowledgments



Making Democracy



Theorizing the Emergence of Activism



Who Belongs?



What's the Problem?



How Should We Treat Each Other?



Lessons


Appendices


End Notes


Bibliography


Index