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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154322803321

Autore

Gash Alison L

Titolo

Below the radar : how silence can save civil rights

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-026630-9

0-19-023555-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Studies in postwar American political development Below the radar

Disciplina

323.0973

Soggetti

Parent and child - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Gay parents - Housing - United States

Custody of children - United States

Group homes for people with mental disabilities - United States

People with mental disabilities - United States

Civil rights - United States

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Law - U.S. - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Scholars and pundits have come to expect backlash to civil rights battles, especially when courts are involved. Drawing from interviews with advocates and opponents, this book introduces readers to two sets of civil rights battles in which advocates devised strategies to remain 'under the radar' and away from the prying eyes of a volatile public. In so doing they diminished both the incidence and influence of backlash.