Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French
and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today …

Why do two cognate literatures—social movements and electoral studies—travel along
parallel paths with little conversation between them? And what can be done to connect them …

Civic participation in the United States is highly unequal, resulting in a “civic engagement
gap” between socioeconomic, racial, and gender groups. Variation in civic participation and …

Party in the Street explores the interaction between political parties and social movements in
the United States. Examining the collapse of the post-9/11 antiwar movement against the …

Social movement organizations often struggle to mobilize supporters from allied movements
in their efforts to achieve critical mass. The authors argue that organizations with hybrid …

Political pundits have routinely held that youth civic engagement has declined since the
1960s and 1970s student movement, while academics have offered no consensus on the …