Social Movements and Activism in the USA

1. Scholars and Activists in Dialogue 2. Theory and Activism 3. The Context of Hartford Progressive Activism 4. What Activists Do: Developing Strategies, Conceptualizing Goals, Exploiting Opportunities 5. What Activists Do: Gathering Resources, Forming Organizations 6. What Makes Them Do It: Recruitment and Commitment to Social Movements 7. What Makes Them Tired: Activist Burnout And Managing an Activist Life 8. Who They Are: Collective Identity And Oppositional Consciousness 9. Rethinking Activists' Questions And Scholars' Answers