{"product_id":"the-politics-of-protest-social-movements-in-america","title":"The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Protest offers both a historical overview and an analytical framework for understanding social movements and political protest in American politics. Meyer shows that protest movements  an integral part of our nations history from the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement  are hardly confined to the distant past. He argues that protest movements in America reflect and influence mainstream politics and that in order to understand our political system--and our social and political world--we need to pay attention to protest.  The Politics of Protest opens with a short history of social movements in the United States  beginning with the development of the American Republic and outlining how the American constitutional design invites protest movements to offer continual challenges. It then discusses the social impulse to protest  considers the strategies and tactics of social movements  looks at the institutional response to protest  and finally examines the policy ramifications. Each chapter includes a brief narrative of a key movement that illustrates the topic covered in that chapter.  New to This Edition   A new chapter on media and movements (Chapter 6: Protest and Communication: New and Old Media) that examines how media has changed in the past two decades  focusing in particular on online activism  New discussions on such topics as the election of a black president  the emergence of the Tea Party movement  and the intensifying conflict regarding immigration policy  More material on the successes of the gay and lesbian movement in promoting policy changes to marriage at the state level and in national military service\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947026804789,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199937133","price":25.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199937134_bf7ba05c-dae1-4c26-aff9-3cba81266487.jpg?v=1770138405","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-politics-of-protest-social-movements-in-america","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}