The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social MovementsRoutledge, 2013 M09 13 - 392 pages Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement. |
Contents
State Modes of Suppression | 63 |
Mass Media and the
Suppression of Dissent | 191 |
From Actions to Transactions
The Mechanisms of Suppression | 261 |
Notes | 309 |
Bibliography | 327 |
Index | 359 |
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