Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements in Comparative Perspective

by Marco Giugni

Book Overview

While movement activists spend much of their time and energy trying to change the world, our theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field is still relatively poor. In Social Protest and Policy Change, Marco Giugni offers a systematic and empirically grounded analysis of the impact of three major contemporary movements on public policy. Using a comparative and historical perspective, Giugni argues that a social movement's policy impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742518272
• ISBN13: 9780742518278
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"