Why movements succeed or fail : opportunity, culture, and the struggle for woman suffrage

Banaszak, Lee Ann 1960- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0691026408
ISBN: 9780691026404
ISBN: 0691026394
ISBN: 9780691026398
Physical Description: print
xv, 291 : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. Comparing the U.S. and Swiss Woman Suffrage Movements -- Ch. 2. Information, Preferences, Beliefs, and Values in the Political Process -- Ch. 3. Building Suffrage Organizations -- Ch. 4. The Impact of Movement Resources on Success -- Ch. 5. Building Suffrage Coalitions -- Ch. 6. Lobbying the Government -- Ch. 7. Raising Suffrage Demands: Confrontation versus Compromise -- Ch. 8. Sources of the Movements' Information, Beliefs, and Values -- Ch. 9. Why Movements Succeed or Fail -- App. A. Interview Methods -- App. B. Measuring Suffrage Organization Membership in the United States and Switzerland -- App. C. Data Sources for Legislative Histories and Variable Coding in Pooled-Time Series Analysis -- App. D. Coding Confrontational and Lobbying Tactics in the United States and Switzerland.