Stephen M. Engel

The Unfinished Revolution

Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian Movement
Herausgeber: Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Seidman, Steven

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Produktbeschreibung

Compares the post-Second World War histories of the American and British gay and lesbian movements.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780521802871
• ISBN-10: 0521802873
• Artikelnr.: 34557918

Autorenporträt

Stephen M. Engel is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University as well as an MA in Social Thought from New York University and a BA in interdisciplinary social science from Wesleyan University. In 2007-8, he held a research fellowship at the American Bar Foundation where he conducted research on anti-Court activism in the United States. He is the author of American Politicians Confront the Court: Opposition Politics and Changing Responses to Judicial Power (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He has also published in Studies in American Political Development and Law and Social Inquiry.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: opening remarks
1. Asked and answered: how questions can condition conclusions in social movement theory
2. Tracing the rainbow: an historical sketch of the American gay and lesbian movement
3. Tracing the rainbow: an historical sketch of the English gay and lesbian movement
4. Where and how it comes to pass: interest group interaction with political institutions
5. Asking the unasked question: grappling with the culture variable
Conclusion: final thoughts.