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" Coalition building in the anti-death penalty movement : "
Sandra J. Jones.
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1030220
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b784590
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Jones, Sandra J.,1965-
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Coalition building in the anti-death penalty movement : : privileged morality, race realities /\ Sandra J. Jones.
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Lanham, Md. :: Lexington Books,, ©2010.
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xi, 301 pages ;; 24 cm
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0739120387
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: 073914328X
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: 9780739120385
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: 9780739143285
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index.
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Political process theory and the anti-death penalty movement -- Becoming mobilized against the death penalty -- Political opportunities and constraints on activism -- Organizational dynamics in the movement -- Framing opposition to the death penalty -- Future directions -- Appendix A. Methodology -- Appendix B. Demographic characteristics of sample -- Appendix C. Anti-death penalty organizations represented by the activists.
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"While a great deal of research has been done about many aspects of the death penalty, very little attention has been paid to the movement organized against it. Coalition Building in the Anti-Death Penalty Movement fills that gap with an empirical examination of the external and internal factors that shape the role race plays in the anti-death penalty movement. While the death rows across the U.S. are overwhelmingly filled with racial minorities and the poor, the ranks of the anti-death penalty movement are dominated by white, middle-class professionals. The attention given to race arise out of this racial distinction between death row inmates and the activists who advocate for them." "By conducting interviews with white, black, and Latino anti-death penalty activists, this book examines the influence of race on the mobilization of activists and their approach toward abolition. The concepts of political opportunity, mobilizing structures, and framing provided by the political process model, are used to describe the complex manner in which moral opposition to the death penalty is shaped by the racial realities of the activists. Although racial tensions lie just below the surface, they nonetheless create real obstacles for the movement as it strives to build a racially diverse coalition of activists aimed at death penalty abolition."--Jacket.
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Capital punishment-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
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Capital punishment-- Political aspects-- United States.
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Racism-- United States.
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Social action-- United States.
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Social movements-- United States.
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Capital punishment-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Capital punishment-- Political aspects.
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Racism.
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Social action.
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Social movements.
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United States.
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364.660973
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HV8699.U5J66 2010
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