Democracy in the making : how activist groups form / [electronic resource] Kathleen M. Blee. Blee, Kathleen M. Social movements Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History 21st century. Social change Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. Democracy Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. HM881 .B54 2012 322.40974886 23 Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 26, 2012). Kathleen M. Blee provides an in-depth look at modern grassroots activism, and reveals its simultaneous power and fragility. In the process, she examines the struggle between democratic vision and strategic reality that shapes each organisation's trajectory and determines its ultimate success or failure. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199842766.001.0001 eng Oxford studies in culture & politics Oxford studies in culture & politics. Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Pittsburgh.