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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... tion " has not left untouched the domain of international relations and foreign policy making — long restricted to the control of elites . In the United States , this recent drive toward greater citizens ' participation in matters of ...
... tion " has not left untouched the domain of international relations and foreign policy making — long restricted to the control of elites . In the United States , this recent drive toward greater citizens ' participation in matters of ...
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... tion to a major U.S. foreign policy initiative suggests important theo- retical and practical questions about the relationship between reli- gious faith and politics . Perhaps social scientists studying the relationship of faith and ...
... tion to a major U.S. foreign policy initiative suggests important theo- retical and practical questions about the relationship between reli- gious faith and politics . Perhaps social scientists studying the relationship of faith and ...
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... tion was increasing in most countries ( Table 1.2 ) . Income , despite over- all national growth , grew more unevenly distributed ( Brockett 1990 ; Barry 1987 ; Wiarda 1984 ; also see Weeks 1985 ; Bulmer - Thomas 1987 ) . Thus , the ...
... tion was increasing in most countries ( Table 1.2 ) . Income , despite over- all national growth , grew more unevenly distributed ( Brockett 1990 ; Barry 1987 ; Wiarda 1984 ; also see Weeks 1985 ; Bulmer - Thomas 1987 ) . Thus , the ...
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... tion — were left homeless ( Bermann 1986 : 253 ) . Guatemala's earth- quake killed twenty - five thousand people , injured seventy thousand , and left more than a million homeless . Ninety percent of the destroyed homes in the capital ...
... tion — were left homeless ( Bermann 1986 : 253 ) . Guatemala's earth- quake killed twenty - five thousand people , injured seventy thousand , and left more than a million homeless . Ninety percent of the destroyed homes in the capital ...
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... tion is in effect , " says Sol . " They use the same expression : ' Muerto el perro , se acabo la rabia ' ( Kill the dog and the rabies is gone ) " ( Hoef- fel 1984 : 100 ) . In a 1980 speech to the annual Salvadoran Coffee Growers ...
... tion is in effect , " says Sol . " They use the same expression : ' Muerto el perro , se acabo la rabia ' ( Kill the dog and the rabies is gone ) " ( Hoef- fel 1984 : 100 ) . In a 1980 speech to the annual Salvadoran Coffee Growers ...
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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