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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... STRATEGIES AND COLLECtive IdentitY FIGHTING BATTLES OF PUBLIC DISCourse 231 FACING HARASSMENT AND REPRESSION 280 211 11 . 12 . PROBLEMS FOR PROTESTERS CLOSER TO HOME 325 THE MOVEMENT'S DEMISE 348 Assessing the Movement part four 13 ...
... STRATEGIES AND COLLECtive IdentitY FIGHTING BATTLES OF PUBLIC DISCourse 231 FACING HARASSMENT AND REPRESSION 280 211 11 . 12 . PROBLEMS FOR PROTESTERS CLOSER TO HOME 325 THE MOVEMENT'S DEMISE 348 Assessing the Movement part four 13 ...
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... strategies and tactics did the movement employ to achieve its goals ? How and why did these strategies and tactics change over xviii INTRODUCTION.
... strategies and tactics did the movement employ to achieve its goals ? How and why did these strategies and tactics change over xviii INTRODUCTION.
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... strategies , and consequences of the people and groups involved — to understand better exactly what happened and why . Finally , like a philosopher or social theorist , I seek to draw from this story general observations about the ...
... strategies , and consequences of the people and groups involved — to understand better exactly what happened and why . Finally , like a philosopher or social theorist , I seek to draw from this story general observations about the ...
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... strategic and tactical choices the move- ment was forced to make in its struggle to alter the nation's Central American policy . Chapter 9 then analyzes the all important political battle to control the framing of the Central American ...
... strategic and tactical choices the move- ment was forced to make in its struggle to alter the nation's Central American policy . Chapter 9 then analyzes the all important political battle to control the framing of the Central American ...
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... strategic location — bridging both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and North and South America — makes it an important region for interna- tional transportation and communication , and the projection of U.S. military might ( Wiarda 1984 ...
... strategic location — bridging both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and North and South America — makes it an important region for interna- tional transportation and communication , and the projection of U.S. military might ( Wiarda 1984 ...
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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