Description: The Political Power of Protest Minority Activism and Shifts in Public Policy Gillion demonstrates the direct influence that political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court. Daniel Q. Gillion (Author) 9781107031142, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 15 April 2013 210 pages 22.1 x 14.5 x 2 cm, 0.42 kg '… illuminating and persuasive, and his examination of the Supreme Court's responses to minority protests is especially innovative.' Allan J. Lichtman, Journal of American History Gillion demonstrates the direct influence that political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court, illustrating that protest is a form of democratic responsiveness that government officials have used, and continue to draw on, to implement federal policies. Focusing on racial and ethnic minority concerns, this book shows that the context of political protest has served as a signal for political preferences. As pro-minority rights behavior grew and anti-minority rights actions declined, politicians learned from minority protest and responded when they felt emboldened by stronger informational cues stemming from citizens' behavior, a theory referred to as the 'information continuum'. Although the shift from protest to politics as a political strategy has opened the door for institutionalized political opportunity, racial and ethnic minorities have neglected a powerful tool to illustrate the inequalities that exist in contemporary society. 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. Subject Areas: Demonstrations & protest movements [JPWF], Pressure groups & lobbying [JPWD], Political activism [JPW], Political structures: democracy [JPHV], Political structure & processes [JPH]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Demonstrations & protest movements [JPWF]
BIC Subject Area 2: Pressure groups & lobbying [JPWD]
BIC Subject Area 3: Political activism [JPW]
BIC Subject Area 4: Political structures: democracy [JPHV]
BIC Subject Area 5: Political structure & processes [JPH]
Number of Pages: 210 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Political Power of Protest: Minority Activism and Shifts in Public Policy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Government
Item Height: 221 mm
Item Weight: 420 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Daniel Q. Gillion
Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Item Width: 145 mm
Format: Hardcover
