The political power of protest : minority activism and shifts in public policy / / Daniel Q. Gillion, University of Pennsylvania.
"This book demonstrates the direct influence that political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court, illustrating that protest is a form of democratic responsiveness that government officials have used, and continue to draw on, to implement federal policies. Focu...
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| Superior document: | Cambridge studies in contentious politics |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 191 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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 response from an individual and collective body of 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; 6. Conclusion: settling protest dust and a future outlook on minority policies.