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From Outrage to Action: The Politics of Grass-Roots Dissent by Woliver, Laura R.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780252063114
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Name
- From Outrage to Action : the Politics of Grass-Roots Dissent
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- American Government / Local, History & Theory, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Social Activists, American Government / State
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252063112
ISBN-13
9780252063114
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88463
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Publication Name
From Outrage to Action : the Politics of Grass-Roots Dissent
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Subject
American Government / Local, History & Theory, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Social Activists, American Government / State
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
92-014047
Reviews
"A truly humanistic piece of social science research, offering fascinating insights on grassroots participants, their feelings, and their fates."-- Janet K. Boles , author of American Feminism: New Issues for a Mature Movement, "A pioneering investigation of local, ad hoc interest groups that are launched by a blatant injustice. . . . Explores the impressive defensive capabilities against change of established social groups and portrays the complex consequences of 'sputtering interests' for attitudes (such as consciousness raising), for action, and for future policy. An important and innovative contribution." -- Mary Edelman , author of The Symbolic Uses of Politics
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
320.8/09775
Synopsis
From Outrage to Action examines the rise and fall of grass-roots interest groups through in-depth analyses of four incidents that mobilized citizens around local injustices. In one case, a local judge declared a five-year-old sexual assault victim a particularly promiscuous young lady. In another, an innocent black man died in police custody. In the third, a man with a criminal record was charged with murdering a ten-year-old girl, and in the last a judge commented during a juvenile sentencing that rape is a normal reaction to the way women dress. Through in-depth interviews with activists, Laura Woliver examines these community actions, studying the groups involved and linking her conclusions to larger questions of political power and the impact of social movements. Group successes and failures are explained through analysis of fluid social movements and the role of religion, class, gender, and race. Woliver found that activists unprepared for the ostracism and conflict resulting from their dissent retreated from public life, while those who identified with alternative communities avoided self-blame and maintained their political commitments. She relates the community responses in these cases to those in the case of confessed mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer and in the beating by Los Angeles police officers of Rodney King. Her findings will make fascinating reading for those interested in the rise and fall of grass-roots interest groups, the nature of dissent, and the reasons why people volunteer countless hours, sometimes in the face of community opposition and isolation, to dedicate themselves to a cause. The four ad hoc interest groups studied are the Committee to Recall Judge ArchieSimonson (Madison), the Coalition for Justice for Ernest Lacy (Milwaukee), Concerned Citizens for Children (Grant County, Wisconsin), and Citizens Taking Action (Madison)., In one case a local judge declared a five-year-old sexual assault victim a "particularly promiscuous young lady." In another, an innocent black man died in police custody. In these cases and two others, outraged citizens banded together to protest and seek redress for the injustices. Through in-depth interviews with activists, Laura Woliver examines these community actions, studying the groups involved and linking her conclusions to larger questions of political power and the impact of social movements. Her findings will make fascinating reading for those interested in the rise and fall of grass-roots interest groups, the nature of dissent, and the reasons why people volunteer countless hours, sometimes in the face of community opposition and isolation, to dedicate themselves to a cause. The ad hoc interest groups studied are the Committee to Recall Judge Archie Simonson (Madison), the Coalition for Justice for Ernest Lacy (Milwaukee), Concerned Citizens for Children (Grant County, Wisconsin), and Citizens Taking Action (Madison). Woliver relates the community responses in these cases to those in the Jeffrey Dahmer mass murder case and the beating by Los Angeles police of Rodney King. "A pioneering investigation of local, ad hoc interest groups that are launched by a blatant injustice. . . . Explores the impressive defensive capabilities against change of established social groups and portrays the complex consequences of 'sputtering interests' for attitudes (such as consciousness raising), for action, and for future policy. An important and innovative contribution." -- Mary Edelman, author of The Symbolic Uses of Politics "A truly humanistic piece of social science research, offering fascinating insights on grassroots participants, their feelings, and their fates." -- Janet K. Boles, author of American Feminism: New Issues for a Mature Movement, In one case a local judge declared a five-year-old sexual assault victim a "particularly promiscuous young lady." In another, an innocent black man died in police custody. In these cases and two others, outraged citizens banded together to protest and seek redress for the injustices. Through in-depth interviews with activists, Laura Woliver examines these community actions, studying the groups involved and linking her conclusions to larger questions of political power and the impact of social movements. Her findings will make fascinating reading for those interested in the rise and fall of grass-roots interest groups, the nature of dissent, and the reasons why people volunteer countless hours, sometimes in the face of community opposition and isolation, to dedicate themselves to a cause. The ad hoc interest groups studied are the Committee to Recall Judge Archie Simonson (Madison), the Coalition for Justice for Ernest Lacy (Milwaukee), Concerned Citizens for Children (Grant County, Wisconsin), and Citizens Taking Action (Madison). Woliver relates the community responses in these cases to those in the Jeffrey Dahmer mass murder case and the beating by Los Angeles police of Rodney King.
LC Classification Number
JS451.W65W75 1993
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