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The persistent activist

James V. Downton

1997186 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997Westview Press · 186 pages · ENGISBN 9780813381398
  • 2021Taylor & Francis Group · 200 pages · ENGISBN 9780367310233
  • 1996Westview Pr (Short Disc) · 200 pages · ENGISBN 9780813329994

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.

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