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The Suppression of Dissent

How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements
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The Suppression of Dissent by Jules Boykoff examines how despite America's democratic ideals, dissenting voices and social movements have frequently faced suppression. The book uses mechanism-based social-movement theory to analyse various twentieth-century episodes involving groups like mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and contemporary globalisation activists.
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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.

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Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained—although often subtle and difficult to observe—suppression in this country.

Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, The Suppression of Dissent 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.

Series: New Approaches in Sociology

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415978101

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 January 2006

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 880g

Pages: 386

About the Author

Jules Boykoff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. His research and writing appears in scholarly journals such as Global Environmental Change,Labor History, and Socialist Studies, and popular publications like Extra! and NACLA: Report on theAmericas.

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