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  • The Political Power of Protest

    Minority Activism and Shifts in Public Policy

    by Daniel Q. Gillion ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
    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 ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Governing with Words

    The Political Dialogue on Race, Public Policy, and Inequality in America

    by Daniel Q. Gillion ...
    Rather than considering political discussions and rhetoric as symbolic, inconsequential forms of politics, Governing with Words conceptualizes them as forms of government action that can shape institutions and societal norms. Daniel Q. Gillion refers to this theory as 'discursive governance'. Federal politicians' statements about racial and ethnic minority concerns aid the passage of minority ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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    The Loud Minority

    Why Protests Matter in American Democracy

    by Daniel Q. Gillion ...
    Narrated by David Sadzin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 39 min

    The "silent majority"—a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan—refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in the street and the voters at home. The Loud Minority upends this view by demonstrating that voters are in fact directly informed and influenced by protest activism. Consequently, as ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Loud Minority

    Why Protests Matter in American Democracy

    by Professor Daniel Q. Gillion ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
    How political protests and activism influence voters and candidatesThe “silent majority”—a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan—refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in the street and the voters at home. The Loud Minority upends this view by demonstrating that voters are in fact directly ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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  • Why Unions Matter

    by Michael D. Yates ...
    In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society both more democratic and egalitarian. Yates uses simple language, clear data, and engaging examples to ... Read more

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  • "They're Bankrupting Us!"

    And 20 Other Myths about Unions

    by Bill Fletcher, Jr. ...
    Series Book 2 - Myths Made in America
    From Wisconsin to Washington, DC, the claims are made: unions are responsible for budget deficits, and their members are overpaid and enjoy cushy benefits. The only way to save the American economy, pundits claim, is to weaken the labor movement, strip workers of collective bargaining rights, and champion private industry. In "They're Bankrupting Us!": And 20 Other Myths about Unions, labor leader ... Read more

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  • Our Media, Not Theirs

    The Democratic Struggle against Corporate Media

    by Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols ...
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    Our Media, Not Theirs! The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media examines how the current media system in the United States undermines democracy, and what we can do to change it. McChesney and Nichols begin by detailing how the media system has come to be dominated by a handful of transnational conglomerates that use their immense political and economic power to saturate the population with ... Read more

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  • American Poison

    How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise

    by Eduardo Porter ...
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  • Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision

    A Progressive's Handbook

    by George Lakoff ...
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  • State of Resistance

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    by Manuel Pastor ...
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  • Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

    The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics

    by Morris P. Fiorina, Samuel J. Abrams ...
    Series series The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
    Red states, blue states . . . are we no longer the United States? Morris P. Fiorina here examines today’s party system to reassess arguments about party polarization while offering a cogent overview of the American electorate.Building on the arguments of Fiorina’s acclaimed Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, this book explains how contemporary politics differs from that of previous eras ... Read more

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