The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements (New Approaches in Sociology)

Type

Book

Authors

Jules Boykoff

ISBN 10

0415978106

ISBN 13

9780415978101

Tags

History, Communication & Media Studies, Sociology, Political Science, United States, Civics & Citizenship, Government, Media Studies

Description

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 in this country. 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. - from Amzon

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