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Social Movements and Activism puts 'front and center' the stories, rhetoric, and emotions of progressive activists from Hartford Connecticut, a post-industrial city in neo-liberal nation. Resisting the impulse to flatten the myriad voices of activism but refusing to leave these voices with...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Valocchi, Stephen M., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Subjects:
Community activists > United States.
Social reformers > United States.
Social movements > United States.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Community activists
Social movements
Social reformers
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Scholars and activists in dialogue
  • Theory and activism
  • The historical and contemporary context of Hartford progressive activism
  • What activists do : developing strategies, conceptualizing goals, exploiting opportunities
  • What activists do : gathering resources, forming organizations
  • What makes them do it : recruitment and commitment to social movements
  • What makes them tired : activist burnout and managing an activist life
  • Who they are : collective identity and oppositional consciousness
  • Rethinking activists' questions and scholars' answers.

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