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Sets out to account for the power of storytelling in mobilizing political and social movements. Analysing storytelling in courtrooms, newsrooms, public forums, and the United States Congress, this title offers fresh insights into the dynamics of culture and contention.

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"Assiduously researched, impressively informed by a great number of thoughtful interviews with key members of American social movements, and deeply engaged with its subject matter, the book is likely to become a key text in the study of grass-roots democracy in America." - Kate Fullbrook, Times Literary Supplement"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780226673769, 978-0226673769
      ISBN10: 0226673766
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      Pressure groups Social and political philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sets out to account for the power of storytelling in mobilizing political and social movements. Analysing storytelling in courtrooms, newsrooms, public forums, and the United States Congress, this title offers fresh insights into the dynamics of culture and contention.

      Trade Review
      "Assiduously researched, impressively informed by a great number of thoughtful interviews with key members of American social movements, and deeply engaged with its subject matter, the book is likely to become a key text in the study of grass-roots democracy in America." - Kate Fullbrook, Times Literary Supplement"

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