Social movements and activism in the USA [electronic resource] / Stephen Valocchi.
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...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | 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 without context, Social Movements and Activism uses analytic concepts from social movement theory to assist these activists in telling us who they are, why and how they do activism, and what conflicts, tensions, and satisfactions they derive from it. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203873984 020387398X 9780415461580 0415461588 9780415461597 0415461596 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |