The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social MovementsRoutledge, 2006 - 375 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. |
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... citizens are often held up as national heroes , from Sam Adams and his revolution- ary comrades to Frederick Douglass and the slavery abolitionists , from Susan B. Anthony to Martin Luther King Jr. It is difficult to deny the importance ...
... citizens are often held up as national heroes , from Sam Adams and his revolution- ary comrades to Frederick Douglass and the slavery abolitionists , from Susan B. Anthony to Martin Luther King Jr. It is difficult to deny the importance ...
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... citizens move beyond the normal activity of deliberative citizens who actively par- ticipate in their democracies . McAdam , Tarrow , and Tilly ( 2001 , 7-8 ) make this conceptual distinction by dividing contentious politics into two ...
... citizens move beyond the normal activity of deliberative citizens who actively par- ticipate in their democracies . McAdam , Tarrow , and Tilly ( 2001 , 7-8 ) make this conceptual distinction by dividing contentious politics into two ...
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... citizens or groups of citizens compete for political power ( Gibson 1988 ; Dahl 1971 ) . 12. It is worth noting that Sparks ( 1997 ) is writing about individual dissident citizens , whereas the focus of my analysis will be on dissident ...
... citizens or groups of citizens compete for political power ( Gibson 1988 ; Dahl 1971 ) . 12. It is worth noting that Sparks ( 1997 ) is writing about individual dissident citizens , whereas the focus of my analysis will be on dissident ...
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