Pro-Choice Movement - Organization and Activism in the Abortion Conflict

Zusatztext `a meticulously researched exemplar of historical sociology' American Journal of Sociology Informationen zum Autor Suzanne Staggenborg is Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Klappentext 'The Pro-Choice Movement provides the most richly detailed and nuanced narrative of the strategies and tactics of prochoice organizations available. It is also one of the first works written by a scholar (rather than an activist, journalist, or freelance writer) chronicling activities of the prochoice movement.' Zusammenfassung In this highly-praised analysis of the controversial pro-choice movement, Suzanne Staggenborg traces the development of the movement from its origins through the 1980s. She shows how a small group of activists were able to build on the momentum created by other social movements of the 1960s to win their cause--the legalization of abortion in 1973--and argues that professional leadership and formal organizational structures, together with threats from the anti-abortion movement and grass-roots support, enabled the pro-choice movement to remain an active force even after their primary goal had been achieved.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Suzanne Staggenborg, Suzanne (Assistant Professor of Socio Staggenborg, Suzanne (Assistant Professor of Sociology Staggenborg, Suzanne Staggennborg
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.02.1994
• EAN: 9780195089257
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508925-7
• Pages: 244
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, United States of America, USA, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control