UID:
almafu_9961035237502883
Format:
1 online resource (278 p.)
ISBN:
9781685858179
Series Statement:
Exploring Political Behavior
Content:
How advanced is our knowledge about the dynamics of political and social activism? What lessons can be learned by studying the rise and fall of particular political and social movements? What insights can be gained by applying the different frameworks and methodologies of political science, sociology, and communications? This original work employs multidisciplinary perspectives to better understand the nuclear freeze, a movement that at one time produced a vast national network of activism and the largest political demonstration in the history of the United States. Incorporating a new, coalitional theory of political and social movements, the authors explore the successes and failures of the freeze campaign in its attempts to influence legislation, treaties, and public opinion about nuclear weapons. They examine freeze activism in the context of the larger peace movement, its continuing relevance for current and future peace mobilizations, and its implications for the general study of political and social change.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Tables and Figures --
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1 Introduction: The Nuclear Freeze in Theory and Action --
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Part 1 Development of the Freeze Coalition --
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2 Yodeling in the Echo Chamber: Public Opinion and the Nuclear Freeze --
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3 Dilemmas of Organization in Peace Campaigns --
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4 Competition and Cooperation in Movement Coalitions: Lobbying for Peace in the 1980s --
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5 Transnational Activism in the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign --
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Part 2 The Social and Political Impact of the Freeze --
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6 Freeze Frame: News Coverage of the Freeze Movement --
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7 The Nuclear Freeze Movement's Effect on Policy --
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8 Three Faces of the Freeze: Arenas of Success and Failure --
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Part 3 Demobilization and Movement Transition --
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9 Persevering for Peace: Organizational Survival and Transformation of the U.S. Peace Movement, 1988-1992 --
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10 Peace Movement Adaptation at the State Level: The Case of Maine --
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11 The Development and Maintenance of Activism in Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movements --
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Part 4 Conclusion --
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12 Toward a Coalitional Theory of Social and Political Movements --
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References --
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List of Contributors --
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Index --
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About the Book
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In English.
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685858179
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685858179
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