Why Movements Matter
Subtitle: The West German Peace Movement and U.S. Arms Control Policy (Suny Series in Global Politics)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780791446560
Subjects: Political science & theory; c 1980 to c 1990; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; West Germany; International Relations - Arms Control; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political History; Peace; Social Psychology; Antinuclear movement; Arms control; Germany (West); United States
Description: "Why Movements Matter is an account of how the Reagan administration relented to pressures created by international peace movements during one of the most dangerous episodes of the Cold War. Breyman provides the first systematic account of the West German anti-missile movement, among the most important citizen mobilizations of postwar Western history.

Contrary to conventional wisdom Breyman offers compelling evidence that peace movements, rather than any escalation of Cold War spending or rhetorical belligerence, hastened the demise of the Cold War.".

"The product of extensive research, Why Movements Matter advances social movement theory and the political sociology of peace movements, expands our understanding of the interaction of political parties and political movements, explores the links between public opinion and organized dissent, and provides an assessment of a movement whose immediate impact shook the halls of power in Washington and Moscow, yet also had a deep and lasting influence on politics, culture, and society."--BOOK JACKET.