The Unfinished Revolution - Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian Movement

Informationen zum Autor Stephen M. Engel is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University as well as an MA in Social Thought from New York University and a BA in interdisciplinary social science from Wesleyan University. In 2007–8, he held a research fellowship at the American Bar Foundation where he conducted research on anti-Court activism in the United States. He is the author of American Politicians Confront the Court: Opposition Politics and Changing Responses to Judicial Power (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He has also published in Studies in American Political Development and Law and Social Inquiry. Klappentext Compares the post-Second World War histories of the American and British gay and lesbian movements. Zusammenfassung This book compares the post-Second World War histories of the American and British gay and lesbian movements. The two case study chapters function as brief historical sketches which provide an introduction to British and American gay and lesbian history. An appendix provides a useful evaluative summary to social movement theories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: opening remarks; 1. Asked and answered: how questions can condition conclusions in social movement theory; 2. Tracing the rainbow: an historical sketch of the American gay and lesbian movement; 3. Tracing the rainbow: an historical sketch of the English gay and lesbian movement; 4. Where and how it comes to pass: interest group interaction with political institutions; 5. Asking the unasked question: grappling with the culture variable; Conclusion: final thoughts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen M Engel, Stephen M. Engel, Stephen M. (Assistant Professor of Politics) Engel, Engel Stephen M.
• Con la collaborazione di: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Editore), Steven Seidman (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.07.2001
• EAN: 9780521003773
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00377-3
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics