BOOK DESCRIPTIONHow can I become part of the solution? In the wake of the social unrest of 2020 and growing calls for racial justice, many…
Guided by this historical view, this chapter has two main aims. In the first section, our goal is to situate global social movements in a…
Classic takes on the norm of reciprocity find that receipt of a gift increases compliance with a later request. We find that giving people…
Powerful organization, rather than efficient mobilization, is the way to re-center people in our political life.
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Social movements drive economic, social, political, and cultural change. But who – or what – makes movements? This chapter argues that…
Missing from most accounts of the 2008 and 2012 campaigns to elect Barack Obama president is the story of how Obama for America organized 2…