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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454343303321

Autore

Piven Frances Fax

Titolo

Challenging Authority [[electronic resource] ] : How Ordinary People Change America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-282-49631-X

9786612496318

0-7425-6340-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Polemics

Disciplina

322.4/0973

322.40973

Soggetti

Civil disobedience - United States

Civil disobedience -- United States

Elections - United States

Elections -- United States

Political culture - United States

Political culture -- United States

Protest movements - United States - History

Protest movements -- United States -- History

United States -- Political and government -- History

United States - Politics and government - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that ordinary people exercise extraordinary 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. Drawing on critical episodes in U.S. history, Piven shows that it is in fact precisely at those seismic moments when people



act outside of political norms that they become empowered to their full democratic potential.