The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements

by Jules Boykoff

Book Overview

Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415652774
• ISBN13: 9780415652773
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"