Extraordinary Politics: How Protest and Dissent Are Changing American Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780367315641 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 307 str.

Charles Euchner

Opis

When dissidents and activists toppled powerful regimes across the globe in the 1980s and 1990s?from the Soviet Union to South Africa, from Nicaragua to the Philippines?how did Americans respond to challenges in their own country? The conventional wisdom is that Americans sullenly withdrew from all manner of political action. But in fact, activists

Spis treści

1 Beyond Ordinary Politics, 2 Life Cycles of Protest, 3 Spurs and Limits to Action, 4 Organization Matters, 5 Dimensions of Strategy, 6 Tactics of Activists, 7 Consequences of Dissent, 8 Beyond Extraordinary Politics

O autorze

Charles Euchner is assistant professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross and the author of, among other works, Playing the Field: Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them (1993).