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Mobilizing Public Opinion: Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)
Taeku Lee
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Description for Mobilizing Public Opinion: Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)
Paperback. Investigating the question of opinion changing attitudes during periods of political unrest, Lee argues that the protests of local, ordinary people pushed demands for social change. His arguments are substantiated with considerable evidence from multiple sources. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JPVK; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
What motivates us to change our opinions during times of political protest and social unrest? To investigate this question, Taeku Lee's smartly argued book looks to the critical struggle over the moral principles, group interests, and racial animosities that defined public support for racial policies during the civil rights movement, from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Challenging the conventional view that public opinion is shaped by elites, Lee crafts an alternate account of the geographic, institutional, historical, and issue-specific contexts that form our political views. He finds that grassroots organizations and local protests of ordinary people pushed demands for ... Read more
What motivates us to change our opinions during times of political protest and social unrest? To investigate this question, Taeku Lee's smartly argued book looks to the critical struggle over the moral principles, group interests, and racial animosities that defined public support for racial policies during the civil rights movement, from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Challenging the conventional view that public opinion is shaped by elites, Lee crafts an alternate account of the geographic, institutional, historical, and issue-specific contexts that form our political views. He finds that grassroots organizations and local protests of ordinary people pushed demands for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
301
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226470252
SKU
V9780226470252
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Reviews for Mobilizing Public Opinion: Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)
"Mobilizing Public Opinion is original and makes its argument ably. Lee critiques 'elite-driven, top-down' accounts of mass opinion with the specific case study of mass support for the civil rights advances in the postwar period. He presents his analysis in a carefully nuanced way and makes a fundamentally important point that is sure to be debated and extended to other ... Read more