Disarmed : : The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America /

Disarmed : : The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America / / Kristin Goss.

More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of g...

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Goss, Kristin,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2006
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 120
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 9 line illus. 8 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Gun Control (Participation) Paradox
  • CHAPTER TWO. A Movement in Theory
  • CHAPTER THREE. Socializing Costs: Patronage and Political Participation
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Personalizing Benefits: Issue Frames and Political Participation
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Changing the Calculation: Policy Incrementalism and Political Participation
  • CHAPTER SIX. Mobilizing around Modest Measures: Three Cases
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Politics, Participation, and Public Goods
  • Appendix A: Gun-Related Trends
  • Appendix B: Brief Case Studies of Other Social-Reform Movements
  • Appendix C: Survey of Million Mom March Participants
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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