The political power of protest : minority activism and shifts in public policy / / Daniel Q. Gillion, University of Pennsylvania

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786159003321
• Autore: Gillion Daniel Q. <1979->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-61109-7; 1-107-23766-1; 1-139-62225-0; 1-107-25566-X; 1-139-61295-6; 1-139-61667-6; 1-139-62597-7; 1-139-38127-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge studies in contentious politics
• Classificazione: POL040000
• Disciplina: 303.6/1
• Soggetti: Protest movements - United States; Political participation - United States; Minorities - Civil rights - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.