Coalitions and Political Movements: The Lessons of the Nuclear Freeze

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1997

Coalitions and Political Movements

The Lessons of the Nuclear Freeze

Edited by: Thomas R. Rochon and David S. Meyer

In the series Exploring Political Behavior

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685858179

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How advanced is our knowledge about the dynamics of political and social activism? What lessons can be learned by studying the rise and fall of particular political and social movements? What insights can be gained by applying the different frameworks and methodologies of political science, sociology, and communications? This original work employs multidisciplinary perspectives to better understand the nuclear freeze, a movement that at one time produced a vast national network of activism and the largest political demonstration in the history of the United States. Incorporating a new, coalitional theory of political and social movements, the authors explore the successes and failures of the freeze campaign in its attempts to influence legislation, treaties, and public opinion about nuclear weapons. They examine freeze activism in the context of the larger peace movement, its continuing relevance for current and future peace mobilizations, and its implications for the general study of political and social change.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
1 Introduction: The Nuclear Freeze in Theory and Action Thomas R. Rochon and David S. Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 Development of the Freeze Coalition
2 Yodeling in the Echo Chamber: Public Opinion and the Nuclear Freeze Thomas R. Rochon and Stephen P. Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 Dilemmas of Organization in Peace Campaigns Robert Kleidman and Thomas R. Rochon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4 Competition and Cooperation in Movement Coalitions: Lobbying for Peace in the 1980s Will Hathaway and David S. Meyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5 Transnational Activism in the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign David Cortright and Ron Pagnucco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Part 2 The Social and Political Impact of the Freeze
6 Freeze Frame: News Coverage of the Freeze Movement Andrew Rojecki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7 The Nuclear Freeze Movement's Effect on Policy Jeffrey W. Knopf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
8 Three Faces of the Freeze: Arenas of Success and Failure Thomas R. Rochon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Part 3 Demobilization and Movement Transition
9 Persevering for Peace: Organizational Survival and Transformation of the U.S. Peace Movement, 1988-1992 Sam Marullo and Bob Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
10 Peace Movement Adaptation at the State Level: The Case of Maine John MacDougall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
11 The Development and Maintenance of Activism in Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movements Todd C. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Part 4 Conclusion
12 Toward a Coalitional Theory of Social and Political Movements David S. Meyer and Thomas R. Rochon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 278

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Published: March 24, 2023
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