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Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy
David S. Meyer (Ed.)
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Description for Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy
Paperback. Editor(s): Meyer, David S.; Jenness, Valerie; Ingram, Helen M. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23ill.3M. BIC Classification: JFF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
On one side are the policy makers, on the other, the movements and organizations that challenge public policy. Where and how the two meet is a critical juncture in the democratic process. Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from several different disciplines in the social sciences, Routing the Opposition connects the substance and content of policies with the movements that create and respond to them. Local antidrug coalitions, the organic agriculture movement, worker's compensation reforms, veterans' programs, prison reform, immigrants' rights campaigns: these are some of the diverse areas in which the contributors to this volume examine the linkages ... Read more
On one side are the policy makers, on the other, the movements and organizations that challenge public policy. Where and how the two meet is a critical juncture in the democratic process. Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from several different disciplines in the social sciences, Routing the Opposition connects the substance and content of policies with the movements that create and respond to them. Local antidrug coalitions, the organic agriculture movement, worker's compensation reforms, veterans' programs, prison reform, immigrants' rights campaigns: these are some of the diverse areas in which the contributors to this volume examine the linkages ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Social Movements, Protest and Contention
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816644803
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V9780816644803
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About David S. Meyer (Ed.)
David S. Meyer is professor of sociology and political science; Valerie Jenness is professor of criminology, law, and society and sociology; and Helen Ingram is professor of social ecology, all at the University of California, Irvine.Contributors: Edwin Amenta, New York U.; Lee Ann Banaszak, Penn State U; Frank R. Baumgartner, Penn State U; Ryken Grattet, U of California, Davis; Mrill ... Read more
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