Port Huron Statement

Richard Flacks is Research Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of Making History: The American Left and the American Mind and coauthor of Playing for Change: Music and Musicians in the Service of Social Movements. Nelson Lichtenstein is MacArthur Foundation Professor in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is editor of American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century and coeditor of The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and Imagination, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"A wonderful volume-thoughtful, provocative, and entertaining. The all-star cast of contributors is truly impressive, filled with thoughtful activists and activist scholars."-David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine "This very fine collection on the Port Huron Statement and its key concept of 'participatory democracy' reminds us of how radicals and liberals might have walked together toward a boldly reshaped America. The volume is seasoned and insightful, yielding sterling original contributions that celebrate the Port Huron Statement while providing critical perspective informed by an acute sense that the program was not immediately realized."-Christopher Phelps, University of Nottingham

• Introduction-Richard Flacks and Nelson LichtensteinChapter 1. Crafting the Port Huron Statement: Measuring Its Impact in the 1960s and After-Tom HaydenPART I. INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONSChapter 2. Two Cheers for Utopia-Michael KazinChapter 3. Port Huron and the Origins of the International New Left-Lisa McGirrChapter 4. The Romance of Rebellion-Grace Elizabeth HalePART II. LIBERALISM AND RADICALISM CONJOINED AND DIVIDEDChapter 5. The New Left and Liberalism Reconsidered: The Committee of Correspondence and the Port Huron Statement-Daniel GearyChapter 6. A Moment of Convergence-Nelson LichtensteinChapter 7. The New Left's Love-Hate Relationship with the University-Robert CohenPART III. PUTTING PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY INTO PRACTICEChapter 8. The Democratic Process at Port Huron and After-Robert J. S. RossChapter 9. A Manifesto of Hope-Barbara HaberChapter 10. Putting Participatory Democracy into Action-Jennifer FrostChapter 11. Port Huron and the New Left Movements in Federal Germany-Michael VesterPART IV. LESSONS AND LEGACIESChapter 12. Did We Learn How to Make Participatory Collectives Work?-Jane MansbridgeChapter 13. Participatory Democracy and the Fate of Occupy Wall Street-James MillerChapter 14. Radical Democracy as a Real Utopia-Erik Olin WrightChapter 15. Philosophical and Political Roots of the American New Left-Richard FlacksThe Port Huron StatementNotesList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments