Political Power of Protest - Minority Activism and Shifts in Public Policy

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Gillion is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests focus on racial and ethnic politics, political behavior, public opinion and the American presidency. Gillion's research has been published in several journals and books, including Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Electoral Studies and The Journal of Politics. Before joining the University of Pennsylvania's faculty, he was the distinguished provost fellow in the political science department at the University of Rochester, where he completed his PhD. He currently serves as the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar and the Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard University. Klappentext Gillion demonstrates the direct influence that political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court. Zusammenfassung Gillion provides quantifiable evidence that protest shifts the policy positions of national political leaders for each branch of government. It demonstrates that national politicians take cues from minority protest activity that later lead to major shifts in public policy! rivaling the influence that minorities have through elections and public opinion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel Q. Gillion
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9781107657410
• ISBN: 978-1-107-65741-0
• Pagine: 210
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political activism, Political structure & processes, Political structures: democracy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Demonstrations & protest movements, Pressure groups & lobbying