Social Movements and American Political Institutions

by Costain, Anne N.; McFarland, Andrew S.

• ISBN13: 9780847683574
• ISBN10: 0847683575
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This volume combines chapters by a distinguished group of social movement scholars, from both sociology and political science, who use perspectives ranging from political process theory to rational choice and collective action approaches to evaluate the functioning of institutions of American government and the public policies that they produce. A diverse group of movements and interests are featured: women, public interest, native America, the environment, the Christian Right, abortion, gay rights, and homelessness among them. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Anne N. Costain
Andrew S. McFarland
Part 1 Theories of American Politics and Social Movements	7	(52)
1 Social Movements and Theories of American Politics	7	(13)
Andrew S. McFarland
2 "The Very Excess of Democracy": State Building and Contentious Politics in America	20	(19)
Sidney Tarrow
3 Interest Organizations, Political Parties, and the Study of Democratic Politics	39	(20)
Paul Burstein
Part 2 Mobilization	59	(58)
4 Mobilizing Gay Activists	59	(14)
Claude Dufour
5 Mobilization at the Margins: Organizing by the Homeless	73	(26)
Daniel M. Cress
David A. Snow
6 Use of the Initiative Process by Woman Suffrage Movements	99	(18)
Lee Ann Banaszak
Part 3 Parties and Elections	117	(42)
7 Less than Conquerors: The Christian Right in State Republican Parties	117	(19)
John C. Green
James L. Guth
Clyde Wilcox
8 Citizen Groups, Political Parties, and Electoral Coalitions	136	(23)
Jeffrey M. Berry
Deborah Schildkraut
Part 4 The Presidency and Congress	159	(42)
9 American Social Movements and Presidential Administrations	159	(12)
Douglas R. Imig
10 Women Lobby Congress	171	(14)
Anne N. Costain
11 The Environmental Movement and Congress	185	(16)
W. Douglas Costain
James P. Lester
Part 5 Social Movements in Court	201	(50)
12 Social Movements and the Mobilization of Law	201	(15)
Michael W. McCann
13 Litigation as Rebellion	216	(17)
Oneida Meranto
14 Social Movements and Abortion Law	233	(18)
Laura R. Woliver
Part 6 Conclusions	251	(40)
15 On the International Origins of Domestic Political Opportunities	251	(17)
Doug McAdam
16 Where Have All the Foils Gone? Competing Theories of Contentious Politics and the Civil Rights Movement	268	(17)
Mark I. Lichbach
17 Conclusion	285	(6)
Andrew S. McFarland
Anne N. Costain
References	291	(29)
Index	320	(12)
About the Editors	332	(1)
About the Contributors	333