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The political power of protest : minority activism and shifts in public policy / Daniel Q. Gillion, University of Pennsylvania.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillion, Daniel Q., 1979- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in contentious politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protest movements--United States.
- Protest movements.
- United States.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Minorities--Civil rights--United States.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. A continuum of information: the influence of minority political protest
- 2. Measuring information in minority protest
- 3. Viewing minority protest from the Hill: the individual and collective response from Congress
- 4. Knocking on the president's door: the impact of minority protest on presidential responsiveness
- 5. Appealing to an unlikely branch: minority political protest and the Supreme Court
- Conclusion: settling protest dust in a post-racial society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781139612951
- 1139612956
- Publisher Number:
- 99962032846
- 40022263982
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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