The Suppression of Dissent - How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements (Hardcover)

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. 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. Drawing from mass media accounts, FBI documents, secondary histories, and other data sources, Boykoff explains how the state and mass media have engaged in activity that - operating through social mechanisms - inhibits the preconditions for collective action, either through raising the costs or minimizing the benfits of mobilization.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Approaches in Sociology
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Jules Boykoff
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	386
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-97810-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements
LSN:	0-415-97810-6
Barcode:	9780415978101

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