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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The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. Christian Smith is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Car- olina , Chapel Hill , and the author of The Emergence of Liberation Theology , also pub- lished ...
The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. Christian Smith is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Car- olina , Chapel Hill , and the author of The Emergence of Liberation Theology , also pub- lished ...
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The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. Tables and Figures tables 1.1 1.2 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 Per Capita Basic Food Cropland ( Hectares ) 10 Malnutrition in Central America 10 Comparison of Central ...
The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. Tables and Figures tables 1.1 1.2 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 Per Capita Basic Food Cropland ( Hectares ) 10 Malnutrition in Central America 10 Comparison of Central ...
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The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. ' or most of human history , political and military elites have direct- Fed the foreign affairs of their tribes , kingdoms , and thations as they have seen fit , largely ...
The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. ' or most of human history , political and military elites have direct- Fed the foreign affairs of their tribes , kingdoms , and thations as they have seen fit , largely ...
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The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. AN UNEXAMINED MOVEMENT Amazingly , however , the U.S. Central America peace movement of the 1980s has received scant attention in both the popular and academic literature . No more ...
The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. AN UNEXAMINED MOVEMENT Amazingly , however , the U.S. Central America peace movement of the 1980s has received scant attention in both the popular and academic literature . No more ...
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The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. faith - based protests at the other end of the political spectrum . But , does not such faith - generated disruption merit our study and under- standing ? For whatever reasons ...
The U.S. Central America Peace Movement Christian Smith. faith - based protests at the other end of the political spectrum . But , does not such faith - generated disruption merit our study and under- standing ? For whatever reasons ...
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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