The making of pro-life activists : how social movement mobilization works /

"How do people become activists for causes they care deeply about? Many people with similar backgrounds, for instance, fervently believe that abortion should be illegal, but only some of them join the pro-life movement. By delving into the lives and beliefs of activists and nonactivists alike,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Munson, Ziad W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008.
Series:Morality and society.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Pro-life movement > United States > History.
Pro-choice movement > United States > History.
Social action > United States > History.
Social movements > United States > History.
Social sciences.
Mouvement pour le respect de la vie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvement pour la libéralisation de l'avortement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Action sociale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sciences sociales.
social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Abortion & Birth Control.
Pro-choice movement
Pro-life movement
Social action
Social movements
Social sciences
Lebensrechtsbewegung
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Explaining mobilization in the American pro-life movement
  • Learning to care
  • The mobilization process
  • The birth of a movement
  • Together but not one: the pro-life movement structure
  • United we stand? Tension in the pro-life moral universe
  • My life is my argument: religion and the movement
  • Becoming an activist: ideas and social movements.

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