Organizing for transgender rights : collective action, group development, and the rise of a new social movement /

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"In recent years, gender-variant people--including those we now call transgender people--have won public policy victories that had previously seemed unwinnable: the American Psychiatric Association replaced the term "gender identity disorder" with "gender dysphoria" in the D...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nownes, Anthony J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Series:SUNY series in queer politics and cultures
Subjects:
Transgender people > United States.
Pressure groups > United States.
Human rights > United States.
Transgenres > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > États-Unis.
Human rights
Pressure groups
Transgender people
Transseksuelen
Pressiegroepen
Verenigde Staten
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of transgender rights organizing in the United States
  • The crucial role of grievances and interactions
  • Interactions, learning, and connections
  • Overcoming the collective action problem
  • A return to context : population ecology, and political opportunity structure
  • The role of collective identity.

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