The Politics Of Transformation: Local Activism In The Peace And Environmental Movements (Praeger Series In Transformational Politics And Political Sc)

The Politics of Transformation: Local Activism in the Peace and Environmental Movements (Praeger Series in Transformational Politics and Political Sc)

This book is a study of local grassroots activism in two major political areas, the peace and environmental movements, over a period of five years. Interviews with leaders of 166 different groups in five states (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, California, and Oregon), supplemented by personal observation and participation in several of those groups are the foundations of this analysis. The major concerns are the components of group and movement successes, both short-run and long-run, and activist group adaptations to change in the larger social and political world in light of political upheaval in Eastern Europe, the Gulf War, and several environmental crises that occurred during the period in question. Finally, Zisk focuses on the growing convergence (and barriers to convergence) of the movements.