Democracy in the making : how activist groups form / [electronic resource]

by Blee, Kathleen M.

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BookSeries: Oxford studies in culture & politics: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199951161 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Social movements -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 21st century | Social change -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh | Democracy -- Pennsylvania -- PittsburghOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.

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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.

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Democracy in the making : how activist groups form / [electronic resource]

by Blee, Kathleen M.