Social movements and activism in the USA
By: Stephen Valocchi.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780415461580; 9780415461597; 9780203873984
Subjects: Community activists -- United States; Social reformers -- United States; Social movements -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scholars and activists in dialogue; title: Theory and activism; title: The context of Hartford progressive activism; title: What activists do: developing strategies, conceptualizing goals, exploiting opportunities; title: What activists do: gathering resources, forming organizations; title: What makes them do it: recruitment and commitment to social movements; title: What makes them tired: activist burnout and managing an activist life; title: Who they are: collective identity and oppositional consciousness; title: Rethinking activists : questions and scholars' answers.