{"product_id":"the-port-huron-statement-sources-and-legacies-of-the-new-lefts-founding-manifesto-hardback-9780812246926","title":"The Port Huron Statement; Sources and Legacies of the New Left's Founding Manifesto (Hardback) 9780812246926","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Port Huron Statement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSources and Legacies of the New Left's Founding Manifesto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Flacks (Edited by), Nelson Lichtenstein (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812246926\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.628 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Port Huron Statement was the most important manifesto of the New Left student movement of the 1960s. Initially drafted by Tom Hayden and debated over the course of three days in 1962 at a meeting of student leaders, the statement was issued by Students for a Democratic Society as their founding document. Its key idea, \"participatory democracy,\" proved a watchword for Sixties radicalism that has also reemerged in popular protests from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street.\u003cbr\u003e Featuring essays by some of the original contributors as well as prominent scholars who were influenced by the manifesto, \u003ci\u003eThe Port Huron Statement\u003c\/i\u003e probes the origins, content, and contemporary influence of the document that heralded the emergence of a vibrant New Left in American culture and politics. Opening with an essay by Tom Hayden that provides a sweeping reflection on the document's enduring significance, the volume explores the diverse intellectual and cultural roots of the Statement, the uneasy dynamics between liberals and radicals that led to and followed this convergence, the ways participatory democracy was defined and deployed in the 1960s, and the continuing resonances this idea has for political movements today. An appendix includes the complete text of the original document.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Port Huron Statement\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid portrait of a unique moment in the history of radicalism, showing that the ideas that inspired a generation of young radicals more than half a century ago are just as important and provocative today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Cohen, Richard Flacks, Jennifer Frost, Daniel Geary, Barbara Haber, Grace Elizabeth Hale, Tom Hayden, Michael Kazin, Nelson Lichtenstein, Jane Mansbridge, Lisa McGirr, James Miller, Robert J. S. Ross, Michael Vester, Erik Olin Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e -Richard Flacks and Nelson Lichtenstein\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Crafting the Port Huron Statement: Measuring Its Impact in the 1960s and After\u003cbr\u003e -Tom Hayden\u003cbr\u003e PART I. INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Two Cheers for Utopia\u003cbr\u003e -Michael Kazin\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Port Huron and the Origins of the International New Left\u003cbr\u003e -Lisa McGirr\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Romance of Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e -Grace Elizabeth Hale\u003cbr\u003e PART II. LIBERALISM AND RADICALISM CONJOINED AND DIVIDED\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The New Left and Liberalism Reconsidered: The Committee of Correspondence and the Port Huron Statement\u003cbr\u003e -Daniel Geary\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. A Moment of Convergence\u003cbr\u003e -Nelson Lichtenstein\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The New Left's Love-Hate Relationship with the University\u003cbr\u003e -Robert Cohen\u003cbr\u003e PART III. PUTTING PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY INTO PRACTICE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Democratic Process at Port Huron and After\u003cbr\u003e -Robert J. S. Ross\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. A Manifesto of Hope\u003cbr\u003e -Barbara Haber\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Putting Participatory Democracy into Action\u003cbr\u003e -Jennifer Frost\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Port Huron and the New Left Movements in Federal Germany\u003cbr\u003e -Michael Vester\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. LESSONS AND LEGACIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Did We Learn How to Make Participatory Collectives Work?\u003cbr\u003e -Jane Mansbridge\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Participatory Democracy and the Fate of Occupy Wall Street\u003cbr\u003e -James Miller\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Radical Democracy as a Real Utopia\u003cbr\u003e -Erik Olin Wright\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Philosophical and Political Roots of the American New Left\u003cbr\u003e -Richard Flacks\u003cbr\u003e The Port Huron Statement\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734617157912,"sku":"9780812246926","price":41.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-port-huron-statement-sources-and-legacies-of-the-new-lefts-founding-manifesto-hardback-9780812246926","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}