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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... effect did subsequent changes in these forces and events have on it ? Who actually initiated it ? And why and how did they do so ? What kinds of people then joined the Central America peace move- ment ? And how and why were they ...
... effect did subsequent changes in these forces and events have on it ? Who actually initiated it ? And why and how did they do so ? What kinds of people then joined the Central America peace move- ment ? And how and why were they ...
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... effect ? How did media coverage affect the movement's struggle with the state ? In what ways and to what effect was the movement repressed by its antagonists ? What significant changes , intended and unintended , did it accomplish ? In ...
... effect ? How did media coverage affect the movement's struggle with the state ? In what ways and to what effect was the movement repressed by its antagonists ? What significant changes , intended and unintended , did it accomplish ? In ...
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... effects of these efforts . Chapter 11 goes on to explore many of the internal problems that plagued the movement from within and hampered its political effectiveness . And chapter 12 employs the polit- ical process model again , to ...
... effects of these efforts . Chapter 11 goes on to explore many of the internal problems that plagued the movement from within and hampered its political effectiveness . And chapter 12 employs the polit- ical process model again , to ...
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... effect of destroying many traditional institutions ( patronage , clan , family networks ) , with- out really institutionalizing viable modern ones , thus leaving an institu- tional vacuum and eventually precipitating the fragmentation ...
... effect of destroying many traditional institutions ( patronage , clan , family networks ) , with- out really institutionalizing viable modern ones , thus leaving an institu- tional vacuum and eventually precipitating the fragmentation ...
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... effect of this global recession was " the final straw " ( Wiarda 1984 : 16 ) . All of this was particularly egregious because it followed so closely on the heels of rapidly rising expectations among the majority of Cen- tral Americans ...
... effect of this global recession was " the final straw " ( Wiarda 1984 : 16 ) . All of this was particularly egregious because it followed so closely on the heels of rapidly rising expectations among the majority of Cen- tral Americans ...
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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