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Author Blee, Kathleen M., author.

Title Democracy in the making : how activist groups form / Kathleen M. Blee
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (x, 211 pages)
Series Oxford studies in culture and politics
Oxford studies in culture & politics.
Contents Making democracy -- Theorizing the emergence of activism -- Who belongs? -- What's the problem? -- How should we treat each other? -- Lessons
Summary Kathleen M. Blee provides an in-depth look at modern grassroots activism, and reveals its simultaneous power and fragility. In the process, she examines the struggle between democratic vision and strategic reality that shapes each organisation's trajectory and determines its ultimate success or failure
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Social movements -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 21st century
Social change -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Democracy -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Democracy
Social change
Social movements
Soziale Bewegung.
Demokratie.
Participation politique -- États-Unis.
Changement social.
Mouvements sociaux.
Militantisme -- États-Unis -- Pennsylvanie (États-Unis)
Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199930852
0199930856
9780199842773
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9781280595356
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