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The nuclear freeze movement, despite demonstrating large margins of public support, was unable to translate its central demand into policy. With exceptional clarity and insight, David Meyer explains why. He shows how the freeze was stymied by an institutional obstacle course that confronts all protest movements in the United States, clarifying the dilemmas that peace activists continue to face. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to make sense of the freeze movement or make nuclear policy more responsive to democratic processes. -Pam Solo

The nuclear freeze movement grew more quickly than even the most optimistic activists thought possible. This analysis provides the first comprehensive history of the nuclear freeze movement, addressing both the broad spectrum of movement activity and the political context surrounding it. -The Washington Monthly ?The nuclear freeze movement grew more quickly than even the most optimistic activists thought possible. This analysis provides the first comprehensive history of the nuclear freeze movement, addressing both the broad spectrum of movement activity and the political context surrounding it.?-The Washington Monthly Meyer uses the rise and fall of the nuclear freeze movement to illuminate several important and subtle features of American politics. It is theoretically informed and analytic while at the same time rooted in detailed and concrete knowledge of the politics of the Freeze. . . . This book seems a likely candidate for use as a supplementary text in courses on social movements, public opinion and foreign policy, or, for that matter, in general courses on American politics. -William A. Gamson A rare achievement, combining impeccable scholarly research with lively, readable prose. . . . It is at the same time a careful, thoughtful history of the recent nuclear freeze movement, and a sophisticated analysis of the problem of social change in this country, using that movement a test. The synthesis of theory and history is accomplished with great skill, making the book valuable to students of social change and to a larger public. -Howard Zinn The nuclear freeze movement, despite demonstrating large margins of public support, was unable to translate its central demand into policy. With exceptional clarity and insight, David Meyer explains why. He shows how the freeze was stymied by an institutional obstacle course that confronts all protest movements in the United States, clarifying the dilemmas that peace activists continue to face. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to make sense of the freeze movement or make nuclear policy more responsive to democratic processes. -Pam Solo

A rare achievement, combining impeccable scholarly research with lively, readable prose. . . . It is at the same time a careful, thoughtful history of the recent nuclear freeze movement, and a sophisticated analysis of the problem of social change in this country, using that movement a test. The synthesis of theory and history is accomplished with great skill, making the book valuable to students of social change and to a larger public. -Howard Zinn Meyer uses the rise and fall of the nuclear freeze movement to illuminate several important and subtle features of American politics. It is theoretically informed and analytic while at the same time rooted in detailed and concrete knowledge of the politics of the Freeze. . . . This book seems a likely candidate for use as a supplementary text in courses on social movements, public opinion and foreign policy, or, for that matter, in general courses on American politics. -William A. Gamson The nuclear freeze movement, despite demonstrating large margins of public support, was unable to translate its central demand into policy. With exceptional clarity and insight, David Meyer explains why. He shows how the freeze was stymied by an institutional obstacle course that confronts all protest movements in the United States, clarifying the dilemmas that peace activists continue to face. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to make sense of the freeze movement or make nuclear policy more responsive to democratic processes. -Pam Solo ?The nuclear freeze movement grew more quickly than even the most optimistic activists thought possible. This analysis provides the first comprehensive history of the nuclear freeze movement, addressing both the broad spectrum of movement activity and the political context surrounding it.?-The Washington Monthly The nuclear freeze movement grew more quickly than even the most optimistic activists thought possible. This analysis provides the first comprehensive history of the nuclear freeze movement, addressing both the broad spectrum of movement activity and the political context surrounding it. -The Washington Monthly

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DAVID S. MEYER is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. He was active as a local organizer in the nuclear freeze movement and has worked as a researcher at the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies.

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