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Social Protest and Policy Change
Marco G. Giugni
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Description for Social Protest and Policy Change
Hardback. Giugni assesses the impact of social movements on public policy, measuring three types of outcomes: access to the political system, adding an issue to the public agenda, adoption of desired legislation. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
While movement activists spend much of their time and energy trying to change the world, our theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field is still relatively poor. In Social Protest and Policy Change, Marco Giugni offers a systematic and empirically grounded analysis of the impact of three major contemporary movements on public policy. Using a comparative and historical perspective, Giugni argues that a social movement's policy impact is facilitated by the presence of favorable political opportunity structures, coupled with the presence of institutional allies among the elites, and a favorable public opinion. Furthermore, the very content of a movement's demands ... Read more
While movement activists spend much of their time and energy trying to change the world, our theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field is still relatively poor. In Social Protest and Policy Change, Marco Giugni offers a systematic and empirically grounded analysis of the impact of three major contemporary movements on public policy. Using a comparative and historical perspective, Giugni argues that a social movement's policy impact is facilitated by the presence of favorable political opportunity structures, coupled with the presence of institutional allies among the elites, and a favorable public opinion. Furthermore, the very content of a movement's demands ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742518261
SKU
V9780742518261
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About Marco G. Giugni
Marco Giugni is a researcher and teacher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Geneva. His books on social movements include New Social Movements in Western Europe, Histoires de mobilisation politique en Suisse, From Contention to Democracy, How Social Movements Matter, and Political Altruism?.
Reviews for Social Protest and Policy Change
Social Protest and Policy Change is an impressive study that addresses an important subject, thinks hard about it, takes an innovative methodological approach, and provides systematic research. All scholars concerned with the policy impacts of social movements, and new social movements generally, will want to read this book.
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