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The persistent activist : how peace commitment develops and survives
- Title
- The persistent activist : how peace commitment develops and survives / James Downton, Jr., Paul Wehr.
- Author
- Downton, James V.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | JX1953.3 .D65 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wehr, Paul Ernest, 1937-
- Description
- xi, 186 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- When international tension and war heighten threat and violence, the peace movement can mobilize many thousands for protest. But how does peace action survive when war ends, threat subsides, and most protesters fall away? This book draws on in-depth interviews with the activists who stay. Their stories reveal how commitment to a social movement is created and sustained.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Peace Action -- 2. Beliefs and Peace Action -- 3. Availability and Opportunity -- 4. Developing Commitment -- 5. Vision, Effectiveness, and Urgency -- 6. Social Support and Cross Pressures -- 7. Strategies of Persistence -- 8. Activism and Personal Growth -- 9. How Peace Commitment Survives -- 10. Collective and Creative Action -- 11. Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 0813381398
- 9780813381398
- 081332999X
- 9780813329994
- LCCN
- 96053176
- OCLC
- ocm36133330
- 36133330
- SCSB-2111668
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library