Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace MovementA comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Central America peace movement, Resisting Reagan explains why more than one hundred thousand U.S. citizens marched in the streets, illegally housed refugees, traveled to Central American war zones, committed civil disobedience, and hounded their political representatives to contest the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Focusing on the movement's three most important national campaigns—Witness for Peace, Sanctuary, and the Pledge of Resistance—this book demonstrates the centrality of morality as a political motivator, highlights the importance of political opportunities in movement outcomes, and examines the social structuring of insurgent consciousness. Based on extensive surveys, interviews, and research, Resisting Reagan makes significant contributions to our understanding of the formation of individual activist identities, of national movement dynamics, and of religious resources for political activism. |
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... According to Reuther ( 1986 : viii ) , " For the first time since the Vietnam war , the United States government is faced with a major chal- lenge to its policies of global control , a challenge spearheaded by the American religious ...
... According to Reuther ( 1986 : viii ) , " For the first time since the Vietnam war , the United States government is faced with a major chal- lenge to its policies of global control , a challenge spearheaded by the American religious ...
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... According to Brockett ( 1990 : 14 ) , " Before the Conquest , northern Central America had a substantial population living in well - devel- oped , complex societies . " Although those societies were struggling to manage their own social ...
... According to Brockett ( 1990 : 14 ) , " Before the Conquest , northern Central America had a substantial population living in well - devel- oped , complex societies . " Although those societies were struggling to manage their own social ...
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... according to Wiarda ( 1984 : 14-15 ) : A number of the reforms [ the United States ] helped to finance in the name of development — U.S . style political parties , trade unions , farm- ers ' cooperatives , and the like — had the 10 ...
... according to Wiarda ( 1984 : 14-15 ) : A number of the reforms [ the United States ] helped to finance in the name of development — U.S . style political parties , trade unions , farm- ers ' cooperatives , and the like — had the 10 ...
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... According to Destler ( 1984 : 321 ) , " Haig's dramatic acts and declara- tions brought headlines and television cameras . At first the adminis- tration encouraged this coverage , only to find public communications to the White House ...
... According to Destler ( 1984 : 321 ) , " Haig's dramatic acts and declara- tions brought headlines and television cameras . At first the adminis- tration encouraged this coverage , only to find public communications to the White House ...
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... According to one administration official ( quoted in Rid- ing 1982 ) : " We were cool to the [ López Portillo ] initiative from the beginning , but we were effectively ambushed by Congress and public opinion . We had to agree to ...
... According to one administration official ( quoted in Rid- ing 1982 ) : " We were cool to the [ López Portillo ] initiative from the beginning , but we were effectively ambushed by Congress and public opinion . We had to agree to ...
Contents
part two The Movement Emerges | 57 |
Illustrations follow page 208 | 209 |
part three Maintaining the Struggle | 209 |
part four Assessing the Movement | 363 |
The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations | 387 |
Notes | 393 |
Bibliography | 419 |
Index | 453 |
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