The U.S. women's jury movements and strategic adaptation : a more just verdict / / Holly J. McCammon [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: McCammon Holly J. <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 345.73/075
• Soggetto topico: Women jurors - United States - History; Jury - United States - History; Women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Law - Political aspects
• Classificazione: POL040000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the women's jury movements and strategic adaptation -- Theorizing social movement strategic adaptation -- Broadening women's citizenship : a history of U.S. women's jury rights -- Responding to political defeats -- Countering public opposition and indifference -- Taking advantage of cultural opportunities -- Turning the movement around -- Comparing the movements : qualitative comparative analysis -- Conclusion : final thoughts on strategic adaptation and social movement agency.
• Sommario/riassunto: When women won the vote in the United States in 1920 they were still routinely barred from serving as jurors, but some began vigorous campaigns for a place in the jury box. This book tells the story of how women mobilized in fifteen states to change jury laws so that women could gain this additional right of citizenship. Some campaigns quickly succeeded; others took substantially longer. The book reveals that when women strategically adapted their tactics to the broader political environment, they were able to speed up the pace of jury reform, while less strategic movements took longer. A comparison of the more strategic women's jury movements with those that were less strategic shows that the former built coalitions with other women's groups, took advantage of political opportunities, had past experience in seeking legal reforms and confronted tensions and even conflict within their ranks in ways that bolstered their action.
• Altri titoli varianti: The U.S. Women's Jury Movements & Strategic Adaptation
• Titolo autorizzato: The U.S. women's jury movements and strategic adaptation
• ISBN: 1-139-36593-2; 1-107-22839-5; 0-511-84259-7; 1-280-64747-7; 9786613633521; 1-139-37848-1; 1-139-37562-8; 1-139-37705-1; 1-139-37163-0; 1-139-37991-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779154203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge studies in contentious politics.