@article{887983,
      recid = {887983},
      author = {Gillion, Daniel Q.,},
      title = {The political power of protest minority activism and  shifts in public policy / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge :},
      pages = {xiv, 191 p. :},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"This book demonstrates the direct influence that  political protest behavior has on Congress, the presidency,  and the Supreme Court, illustrating that protest is a form  of democratic responsiveness that government officials have  used, and continue to draw on, to implement federal  policies. Focusing on racial and ethnic minority concerns,  this book shows that the context of political protest has  served as a signal for political preferences. As  pro-minority rights behavior grew and anti-minority rights  actions declined, politicians learned from minority protest  and responded when they felt emboldened by stronger  informational cues stemming from citizens' behavior, a  theory referred to as the "information continuum." Given  the influence that minority protest actions have wielded  over national government, the book offers a powerful  implication. Although the shift from protest to politics as  a political strategy has opened the door for  institutionalized political opportunity, racial and ethnic  minorities have neglected a powerful tool to illustrate the  inequalities that exist in contemporary society"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/887983},
}