Nownes Organizing for Transgender Rights

Collective Action, Group Development, and the Rise of a New Social Movement
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7302-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures

Illuminates transgender activists' successful strategies to organize for social and political change in the US.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nownes, Anthony J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
Preface

1. Introduction: Organizing for Transgender Rights in the United States

2. A Brief History of Transgender Rights Organizing in the United States

3. The Crucial Role of Grievances and Interactions

4. Interactions, Learning, and Connections

5. Overcoming the Collective-Action Problem

6. A Return to Context: Population Ecology and Political Opportunity Structure

7. The Role of Collective Identity

8. Conclusion: The Formation of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States

Appendix A The Questionnaire Protocol

Appendix B Data and Methods

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony J. Nownes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Interest Groups in American Politics: Pressure and Power, Second Edition and Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It).