Challenging authority how ordinary people change America
The nature of disruptive powerThe mob and the state : disruptive power and the construction of American electoral-representative arrangements -- Dissensus politics, or the interaction of disruptive challenges with electoral politics -- Movements and reform in the American twentieth century -- The ti...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lanham, Md. u.a.
Rowman & Littlefield
2006
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| Schriftenreihe: | Polemics
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The nature of disruptive powerThe mob and the state : disruptive power and the construction of American electoral-representative arrangements -- Dissensus politics, or the interaction of disruptive challenges with electoral politics -- Movements and reform in the American twentieth century -- The times-in-between. "What do the American Revolution, the abolitionist movement, the labor movement, and the Vietnam antiwar movement have in common? These are examples of the profound moments in American history when ordinary Americans collectively and persuasively told the government ENOUGH! Challenging Authority argues that ordinary people exercise exrtodinary political courage and power in American politics when, frustrated by politics as usual, they rise up in anger and hope, and defy the authorities and the status quo rules that ordinarily govern their daily lives. By doing so, they disrupt the workings of important institutions and become a force in American politics." From the bookjacket |
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| Beschreibung: | The nature of disruptive power -- The mob and the state : disruptive power and the construction of American electoral-representative arrangements -- Dissensus politics, or the interaction of disruptive challenges with electoral politics -- Movements and reform in the American twentieth century -- The times-in-between. - Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 195 S. |
| ISBN: | 0742515354 0-7425-1535-4 9780742515352 978-0-7425-1535-2 |