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EBOOK Democracy in the Making:How Activist Groups Form

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199930852
EAN: C1C13354EB
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Stron: 224
Data wydania: 2012
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With 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. By following grassroots groups from their very beginnings, Blee traces        how their sense of possibility shrinks over time as groups develop a shared sense of        who they are that forecloses options that were once open. 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. It shows how grassroots activism can provide an alternative to civic        disengagement and a forum for envisioning how the world can be transformed. At the        same time, it documents how activist groups become mired in dysfunctional and        undemocratic patterns that their members dislike, but cannot fix.By analyzing the        possibilities and pitfalls that face nascent activist organizations, Blee reveals        how critical early choices are to the success of grassroots activism. 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 up to its democratic potential.

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