The Politics of Transformation
Zisk, Betty
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) are supplemented by personal observation and the experience of participation in several of those groups. The major concerns are the group and movement successes both short-ru...