News from the John W. Kluge Center: Watch Now: Social Movements and American Democracy in the 21st Century
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The Kluge Center is pleased to announce that our latest event looking at recent social movements in the United States is now available to watch on the Library’s YouTube channel.
Grassroots organizing and collective action have always been fundamental to American democracy. Some recent struggles by Americans to make their voices heard have not resulted in the kinds of changes that participants hoped for. But some movements, both recently and further back in American history, have succeeded in changing our society and the way that we understand it.
What’s the difference between a movement that wins victories for its constituents, and one that fails? What are the factors that make collective action powerful? In this event, our panel of scholars of American politics, social movements, and civic participation discusses these questions, the state of social movements in the US today, and other trends related to the health of democracy in a troubled time.
