| Vindplaats: | B 4.502 |
| Titel: | Social Protest and policy change |
| Auteur: | Marco Giugni |
| Samenvatting: | 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 presence of favorable political opportunity structures, coupled with the presence of institutional allies among the elites and a favorable public opinion. Furthermore the vey content of a movement's demands plays a role, insofar as the power holders are often more willing to make concessions on certain issues than others. Using a unique body of original data, the author incorporates a historical overview of the mobilization of the ecology, antinuclear, and peace movements in the United States, Italy and Switzerland. He presents the results of time-series analyses and reveals the combined effects of protest, political alliances, and shifts in public opinion on movements. |
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| Uitgever: | The Roman and Littlefield Publishing Group Inc. |
| Jaar van uitgave: | 2004 |
| Taal: | Engels |
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| ISBN/ISSN: | 0-7425-1827-2 |
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| Ondertitel: | Ecology, antinuclear, and Peace movements in comparative perspective |
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| Aantal pagina's: | 297 |
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| Trefwoorden: | Politics, sociology, antinuclear movements, green movements, peace movements, environment, ecology, data, policy |