The political power of protest : minority activism and shifts in public policy /

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"This book demonstrates the direct influence that political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court, illustrating that protest is a form of democratic responsiveness that government officials have used, and continue to draw on, to implement federal policies. Focu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillion, Daniel Q., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Temas:
Protest movements > United States.
Political participation > United States.
Minorities > Civil rights > United States.
Contestation > États-Unis.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Minorités > Droits > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Minorities > Civil rights
Political participation
Protest movements
Protestbewegung
Minderheit
Bürgerrecht
Politische Beteiligung
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A continuum of information: the influence of minority political protest
  • 2. Measuring information in minority protest
  • 3. Viewing minority protest from the hill: the response from an individual and collective body of Congress
  • 4. Knocking on the president's door: the impact of minority protest on presidential responsiveness
  • 5. Appealing to an unlikely branch: minority political protest and the Supreme Court
  • 6. Conclusion: settling protest dust and a future outlook on minority policies.

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