Party in the Street explores the interaction between political
parties and social movements in the United States. Examining the
collapse of the post-9/11 antiwar movement against the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, this book focuses on activism and protest in the
United States. It argues that the electoral success of the Democratic
Party and President Barack Obama, as well as antipathy toward
President George W. Bush, played a greater role in this collapse than
did changes in foreign policy. It shows that how people identify with
social movements and political parties matters a great deal, and it
considers the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street as comparison cases.
