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Argues that what appears to be public opinion backlash against gay rights is more consistent with elite-led mobilization - a strategy used by anti-gay elites, primarily white evangelicals, seeking to prevent the full incorporation of LGBT Americans in the polity in order to achieve political objectives and increase their political power.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Iowa's Irony
  • Chapter 2 Toward a Theory of Elite-Led Mobilization
  • Chapter 3 In Search of Backlash: The Experiments
  • Chapter 4 In Search of Backlash: Observational Evidence
  • Chapter 5 Institutions and Attitudes
  • Chapter 6 The History of Gay Rights: Backlash or Elite-Led Mobilization?
  • Chapter 7 Iowa's Judicial Retention Elections: Backlash or Elite-Led Mobilization?
  • Chapter 8 Organize, Mobilize, Legislate, and Litigate
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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        Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
        Publication Date: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780472038640, 978-0472038640
        ISBN10: 0472038648
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Argues that what appears to be public opinion backlash against gay rights is more consistent with elite-led mobilization - a strategy used by anti-gay elites, primarily white evangelicals, seeking to prevent the full incorporation of LGBT Americans in the polity in order to achieve political objectives and increase their political power.

        Table of Contents
        • Preface
        • Chapter 1 Iowa's Irony
        • Chapter 2 Toward a Theory of Elite-Led Mobilization
        • Chapter 3 In Search of Backlash: The Experiments
        • Chapter 4 In Search of Backlash: Observational Evidence
        • Chapter 5 Institutions and Attitudes
        • Chapter 6 The History of Gay Rights: Backlash or Elite-Led Mobilization?
        • Chapter 7 Iowa's Judicial Retention Elections: Backlash or Elite-Led Mobilization?
        • Chapter 8 Organize, Mobilize, Legislate, and Litigate
        • Appendices
        • Notes
        • Bibliography

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