Social movements and activism in the USA / Stephen Valocchi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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