When Protest Makes Policy : How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups.
Title:
When Protest Makes Policy : How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups.
Author:
Weldon, Laurel.
ISBN:
9780472026371
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (244 pages)
Series:
The CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Movements, Marginalization, and Representation -- Chapter 1: Representing Women in Democratic Policy Processes -- Chapter 2: Social Movements, Representation, and Family Policy -- Chapter 3: Intersectionality, Labor, and Representation in the 50 U.S. States -- Chapter 4: Inclusion, Identity, and Women's Movements: State Policies on Violence against Women of Color -- Chapter 5: Women's Movements, Representation, and Civil Society -- Chapter 6: The Advocacy State -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Do social movements lead to more inclusive democracy or to a more polarized, fragmented, elite-dominated polity?.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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