Pro-Life Activists in America
Meaning, Motivation, and Direct Action
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- Author: Carol J. C. Maxwell, Washington University, St Louis
- Date Published: August 2002
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521669429
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This book offers a oral history of pro-life direct activism in America from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it. She offers a unique view of the minds of individual protestors and an important account of the direct action movement--as its initial commitment to Ghandian non-violence was broken down by the lethal acts that accompanied its end.
Read more- Provides a non-partisan, in-depth exploration of a controversial group engaged with one of the most divisive issues in American society
- Uses activists' oral histories to explore the complexities of motivation
- Includes activists at all levels of the movement, from the rank and file to the leaders
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"...a book that offers much that students of movements in all disciplines will find useful." Mobilization, Myra Max Ferree
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- Date Published: August 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521669429
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.4kg
- contains: 18 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Choosing incivility
2. Pro-life direct action in St Louis 1978 to 1983: young liberals and middle-aged mainstreamers
3. Variations in the sources of commitment
4. Coping with bereavement through activism: real grief and imagined death
5. Abortion experiences
6. Pro-life conviction
7. Persistence: a qualitative analysis
8. Gender differences in motivation
9. Individual choices within the shifting social, legal, and political environments
Appendix
References
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