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Social Movements and American Political Institutions

People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P

von: Anne N. Costain, Andrew S. McFarland, Lee Ann Banaszak, Jeffrey M. Berry, Paul Burstein, W Douglas Costain, Daniel M. Cress, Claude Dufour, John C. Green, James L. Guth, Douglas R. Imig, James P. Lester, Mark I. Lichbach, Doug McAdam, Michael W. McCann, Oneida Meranto, Deborah Schildkraut, David A. Snow, Sidney Tarrow, Clyde Wilcox, Laura R. Woliver
59,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	23.04.1998
ISBN/EAN:	9781461642411
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	344

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Titelbeschreibung

Social movements in the United States are important political actors because of their scale and duration, their generation of new ideas and understandings of existing problems, their ability to mobilize those who were previously passive citizens, and the impetus they provide for restructuring and broadening the agenda of American politics. This volume combines chapters by a distinguished group of social movement scholars, from both sociology and political science, who use perspectives ranging from political process theory to rational choice and collective action approaches to evaluate the functioning of institutions of American government and the public policies that they produce. A diverse group of movements and interests are featured: women, public interest, native America, the environment, the Christian Right, abortion, gay rights, and homelessness among them.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This volume combines chapters by a distinguished group of social movement scholars, from both sociology and political science, who use perspectives ranging from political process theory to rational choice and collective action approaches to evaluate the functioning of institutions of American government and the public policies that they produce. A diverse group of movements and interests are featured: women, public interest, native America, the environment, the Christian Right, abortion, gay rights, and homelessness among them.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction
 Part 2 Theories of American Politics and Social Movements
 Chapter 3 Social Movements and Theories of American Politics
 Chapter 4 "The Very Excess of Democracy": State Building and Contentious Politics in America
 Chapter 5 Interest Organizations and the Study of Democratic Politics
 Part 6 Mobilization
 Chapter 7 Mobilizing Gay Activists
 Chapter 8 Mobilization at the Margins: Organizing by the Homeless
 Chapter 9 Use of the Initiative Process by Woman Suffrage Movements
 Part 10 Parties and Elections
 Chapter 11 Less than Conquerors: The Christian Right in State Republican Parties
 Chapter 12 Citizen Groups, Political Parties, and Electoral Coalitions
 Part 13 The Presidency and Congress
 Chapter 14 American Social Movements and Presidential Administrations
 Chapter 15 Women Lobby Congress
 Chapter 16 The Environmental Movement and Congress
 Part 17 Social Movements in Court
 Chapter 18 Social Movements and the Mobilization of Law
 Chapter 19 Litigation as Rebellion
 Chapter 20 Social Movements and Abortion Law
 Part 21 Conclusions
 Chapter 22 On the International Origins of Domestic Political Opportunities
 Chapter 23 Where Have All the Foils Gone? Competing Theories of Social Movements
 Chapter 24 Conclusions

Autorenportrait

Anne N. Costain is professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Andrew S. McFarland is professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Sonderbeitrag

-High-powered theorists from political science and sociology join forces to examine the nexus between American political institutions and social movements