Contemporary Us Peace Movement

Zusatztext "Laura Toussaint's The Contemporary U.S. Peace Movement delivers precisely what it promises; a thorough! factual and up-to-date account of the individual activitsts that make up the peace and justice movements in the United States today. Toussaint's book is an important and timely commentary on how individuals struggle to make their voices heard in the guarded halls of foreign policy" -- Mobilization! Vol. 14! No. 4! December 2009 Informationen zum Autor Laura Toussaint received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at American University. She serves on the Editorial Board of Societies Without Borders! the academic journal of Sociologists Without Borders. Klappentext Much of the academic literature on peace activism has only explored organizations! leaving the knowledge and experiences of individual activists underexplored. This book addresses this gap and explores issues such as activist identity! diversity! and movement participation. Zusammenfassung Much of the academic literature on peace activism has only explored organizations, leaving the knowledge and experiences of individual activists underexplored. This book addresses this gap and explores issues as activist identity, diversity, and movement participation as well as the challenges, successes, and failures of those struggling for peace. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.Introduction2. Methodology and Demographic Data3. Participation! Identity! and Social Networks in the Peace Movement4. The Peace Movement and the Political Opportunity Structure5. Peace Movement Issues! Diversity! and Mobilization 6. Challenges! Opportunities! and Future Prospects for the Peace Movement7. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Laura Toussaint, Laura (Bellevue Community College Toussaint, Laura L. Toussaint, Toussaint Laura
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415543163
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54316-3
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: New Approaches in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social issues & processes, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and ethical issues