Winner of the 2012 ARNOVA Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research Award

2013 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book from the American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements

"Democracy in the Making offers a marvelous synthesis of sociological acumen and hope. Kathleen Blee finds that while social activists often narrow their visions of doable social change, they also can learn together and take surprising new directions with unpredictable results. A wide range of activists will recognize themselves in this book's...