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The suppression of dissent : how the state and mass media squelch USAmerican social movements

Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement.
Print Book, English, 2006
Routledge, New York, 2006
History
x, 375 pages ; 24 cm.
9780415978101, 0415978106
61758560
Introduction
The suppression of dissent
Direct violence
Public prosecutions and hearings
Employment deprivation
Surveillance and break-ins
Infiltration, "badjacketing", and the use of agent provocateurs
"Black propaganda" and the creation of schism
Harassment and harassment arrests
Extraordinary rules and laws
Mass media manipulation
Bi-level demonization
Mass media deprecation
Mass media underestimation, false balance, or disregard
The five mechanisms of suppression
Conclusion