Mobilizing Public Opinion: Black Insurgency and Racial Attitudes in the Civil Rights Era

by Taeku Lee

Book Overview

What motivates us to change our opinions during times of political protest and social unrest? To investigate this question, Taeku Lee's smartly argued book looks to the critical struggle over the moral principles, group interests, and racial animosities that defined public support for racial policies during the civil rights movement, from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Challenging the conventional view that public opinion is shaped by elites, Lee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226470253
• ISBN13: 9780226470252
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"