LEADER 05178nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910973706803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-42272-3 010 $a9786612422720 010 $a0-472-02302-0 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.110380 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016518 035 $a(EBL)3414527 035 $a(OCoLC)923499298 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341122 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243876 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341122 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10389981 035 $a(PQKB)10627956 035 $a(OCoLC)655174100 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8454 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.110380 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333723 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414527 035 $a(BIP)46254040 035 $a(BIP)13415901 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016518 100 $a20060707d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOpposition & intimidation $ethe abortion wars & strategies of political harassment /$fAlesha E. Doan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-472-09975-2 311 08$a0-472-06975-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-205) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Preface; 1. POLITICAL PROTEST OR POLITICAL HARASSMENT? Social Movements, Morality Politics, and Abortion; 2. SHIFTING CONTEXTS The History of Abortion in America; 3. THE RISE OF THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT POST ROE v. WADE; 4. CREATING A NEW GAME The Scope of Anti-Abortion Violence and Harassing Tactics; 5. DOES HARASSMENT PAY OFF? Assessing the Success of Anti-Abortion Tactics; 6. THE CHANGING FACE OF THE ABORTION DEBATE; Appendix A: Survey Questions; Appendix B: Data Sources; Notes; References; Index 330 $aThe abortion fight has long been a crucible of political tactics, with both sides employing strategies ranging from litigation to civil disobedience to outright violence. Anti-abortion activists have arguably been more tactically innovative than their pro-choice peers. Opposition and Intimidation looks at how their use of political harassment fits-or doesn't-with more conventional political efforts in the struggle over abortion. Alesha Doan's insightful interviews and observations powerfully portray anti-abortion activists' relationship to the objects of their protest. Her portrait is augmented by thorough quantitative analysis of harassment's role within the movement's multitiered strategy-a strategy that Doan shows has forced a decline in the availability and popularity of abortions. Using her unique study of the anti-abortion movement as a model, Doan extends her findings to propose a novel and valuable theory of the new politics of harassment. An interesting and sophisticated account. Seamlessly weaves narrative and analysis, tying local action to national strategy. Explores uncharted territory in the abortion controversy and expands our understanding of political action. -Deborah R. McFarlane, University of New Mexico For 40 years, abortion politics have been endlessly fascinating to American scholars and journalists alike because they generate unique political phenomena that challenge traditional theories of political behavior. In this book, Doan goes straight to the heart of the matter by describing, evaluating, and explaining one of the most characteristic and complex of these phenomena-political harassment. In a well-written narrative that weaves qualitative and quantitative data, she gives us the first scholarly look at this political tactic, whose relevance and use go well beyond American abortion politics. -Chris Mooney, University of Illinois at Springfield The book contributes to political theory and knowledge by adding new empirical data gathered from interviews with those in the front lines of the struggle over abortion. The author refines and develops a category of unconventional political participation-political harassment of nongovernmental actors-and explains why it is particularly effective in undermining the rights of women seeking abortions, as well as the rights of abortion service providers. -Nikki R. Van Hightower, Texas A&M University Alesha E. Doan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. 517 3 $aOpposition and intimidation 606 $aPro-life movement$zUnited States 606 $aAbortion$zUnited States 606 $aHarassment$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical violence$zUnited States 615 0$aPro-life movement 615 0$aAbortion 615 0$aHarassment 615 0$aPolitical violence 676 $a363.460973 700 $aDoan$b Alesha E.$f1972-$01832982 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973706803321 996 $aOpposition & intimidation$94407566 997 $aUNINA