Political Science : Civil Rights

Same-sex marriage emerged in 2004 as one of the hottest issues of the campaign season. But in a severe blow to gay rights advocates, all eleven states that had the issue on the ballot passed amendments banning the practice, and the subject soon dropped off the media’s radar. This pattern of waxing and waning in the public eye has characterized the debate over same-sex marriage since 1996 and the passing of the Defense of Marriage Act. Since then, court rulings and local legislatures have kept the issue alive in the political sphere, and conservatives and gay rights advocates have made the issue a key battlefield in the culture wars. The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage brings together an esteemed list of. scholars to explore all facets of this heated issue, including the ideologies and. strategies on both sides of the argument, the public’s response, the use of the issue. in political campaigns, and how same-sex marriage fits into the broad context of. policy cycles and windows of political opportunity. With comprehensive coverage. from a variety of different approaches, this volume will be a vital sourcebook for. activists, politicians, and scholars alike. more...

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Conference proceedings celebrating the International Year for the World's Indigenous Peoples, held in Townsville, Queensland, in 1993. Coinciding with the height of native title debates, many speakers discussed and analysed the possible effects of, and opportunities arising from, the Australian High Court's decision. more...

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This concise volume explores the evolution and current status of African American political action. Focusing on distinct types of activity, it charts the unique development of African Americans as they progressed from slaves to citizens to wielders of evergrowing influence. more...

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At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Taylor Branch makes clear in this magisterial account of the civil rights movement that Martin Luther King, Jr., earned a place next to James Madison and Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American history. In At Canaan's Edge, King and his movement stand at the zenith of America's defining story, one decade into an epic struggle for the promises of democracy. Branch opens with the authorities' violent suppression of a voting-rights march in Alabama on March 7, 1965. The quest to cross Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge engages the conscience of the world, strains the civil rights coalition, and embroils King in negotiations with all three branches of the U.S. government. more...

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The author Adam Fairclough chronicles the struggle of black Americans to acheieve civil rights and equality in a society that, after the collapse of the Reconstruction, santioned racial segregation, racial discrimination and political supremacy. more...

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