Disarmed : The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America /

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More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goss, Kristin A., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violent crimes > Prevention.
Gun control.
Firearms and crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Armes à feu et criminalite > États-Unis.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
Violent crimes > United States > Prevention.
Firearms and crime > United States.
Gun control > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Gun Control (Participation) Paradox; CHAPTER TWO: A Movement in Theory; CHAPTER THREE: Socializing Costs: Patronage and Political Participation; CHAPTER FOUR: Personalizing Benefits: Issue Frames and Political Participation; CHAPTER FIVE: Changing the Calculation: Policy Incrementalism and Political Participation; CHAPTER SIX: Mobilizing around Modest Measures: Three Cases; CHAPTER SEVEN: Conclusion: Politics, Participation, and Public Goods; Appendix A: Gun-Related Trends.

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