Party in the Street

Michael T. Heaney is Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Politics at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, and as the William A. Steiger Fellow in the Congressional Fellowship Program at the American Political Science Association. His research has received funding from the National Science Foundation and has been published in a wide array of academic journals, such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Sociology, Social Networks, and Perspectives on Politics. Fabio Rojas is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington. He previously served as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan. Rojas's research has been published in a wide array of academic journals, such as the American Journal of Sociology, the Academy of Management Journal, Social Forces, and the Journal of Black Studies. His first book, From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline, was published in 2007. He blogs regularly at OrgTheory.net.

'Party in the Street shows how the antiwar movement stalled once it helped elect a president who seemed to agree with its goals - even as wars continued. This engaging and provocative book highlights an essential dilemma for activists in America: whether to work within mainstream politics or take the struggle outdoors. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with the fate of the peace movement or the rise and decline of social movements more generally.' David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine

• Introduction; 1. The party in the street and its historical context; 2. Partisan politics at the water's edge?; 3. Multiple identities and party-movement interaction; 4. Identities and grassroots participation; 5. Identities and organizational action; 6. Identities and legislative agendas; 7. Beyond the antiwar movement and the Democratic Party; 8. Social movements in a polarized America; Epilogue.