Resisting Reagan [electronic resource] : the U.S. Central America peace movement / Christian Smith.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 464 p.)ISBN:- 9780226763330 (electronic bk.)
- 0226763331 (electronic bk.)
- Central America -- Relations -- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Central America
- Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979-
- Peace movements -- United States -- History
- Peace movements -- Central America -- History
- Religion and politics -- United States -- History
- History
- Political Science
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization
- 303.48/2730728 22
- F1436.8.U6 S65 1996eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Though more a study of US interest groups and social movements, provides useful information on US policy toward Central America. Somewhat sympathetic toward the peace movements' goals and to their definition of 'harassment.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
1. The Sources of Central American Unrest -- 2. United States Intervention -- 3. Low-Intensity Warfare -- 4. Launching the Peace Movement -- 5. Grasping the Big Picture -- 6. The Social Structure of Moral Outrage -- 7. The Individual Activists -- 8. Negotiating Strategies and Collective Identity -- 9. Fighting Battles of Public Discourse -- 10. Facing Harassment and Repression -- 11. Problems for Protesters Closer to Home -- 12. The Movement's Demise -- 13. What Did the Movement Achieve? -- 14. Lessons for Social-Movement Theory -- Appendix: The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations.
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