Patterns of protest [[electronic resource] ] : trajectories of participation in social movements / / Catherine Corrigall-Brown

• Autore: Corrigall-Brown Catherine
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/40973
• Soggetto topico: Political activists - United States; Political participation - United States; Social action - United States; Social movements - United States; Social reformers - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. A Model of Participation; 2. Getting In: Initial and Shifting Engagement; 3. Trajectories of Participation; 4. Social, Political, and Organizational Context of Participation; 5. The Ties That Bind? The Effect of Social Ties and Interaction; 6. We Are Not All Activists: The Development and Consequences of Identity; 7. Beyond the "Activist"; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Asked to name an activist, many people think of someone like Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks-someone uniquely and passionately devoted to a cause. Yet, two-thirds of Americans report having belonged to a social movement, attended a protest, or engaged in some form of contentious political activity. Activism, in other words, is something that the vast majority of people engage in. This book examines these more common experiences to ask how and when people choose to engage with political causes. Corrigall-Brown reveals how individual characteristics and life experiences impact the pathwa
• Titolo autorizzato: Patterns of protest
• ISBN: 0-8047-7819-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457453703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II