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Overview"In recent years, gender-variant people—including those we now call transgender people—have won public policy victories that had previously seemed unwinnable: the American Psychiatric Association replaced the term ""gender identity disorder"" with ""gender dysphoria"" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the Department of Justice announced that discrimination on the basis of gender identity constituted sex discrimination, and the Department of Health and Human Services decided that it would no longer stop Medicare from covering gender reassignment surgery. What accounts for these and other victories? Anthony J. Nownes argues that a large part of the answer lies in the rise of transgender rights interest groups in the United States. Drawing on firsthand accounts from the founders and leaders of these groups, Organizing for Transgender Rights not only addresses how these groups mobilized and survived but also illuminates a path to further social change. Nownes shows how oppressed and marginalized people can overcome the barriers to collective action and form viable organizations to represent their interests even when their government continues to be hostile and does not." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony J. NownesPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438473000ISBN 10: 1438473001 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 02 January 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction: Organizing for Transgender Rights in the United States 2. A Brief History of Transgender Rights Organizing in the United States 3. The Crucial Role of Grievances and Interactions 4. Interactions, Learning, and Connections 5. Overcoming the Collective-Action Problem 6. A Return to Context: Population Ecology and Political Opportunity Structure 7. The Role of Collective Identity 8. Conclusion: The Formation of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States Appendix A The Questionnaire Protocol Appendix B Data and Methods Notes References IndexReviews"""The book traverses several fields, but it is primarily situated in and speaks to the political science literature on interest-group formation. It makes an important contribution by revisiting and revising pluralist and relative deprivation approaches to interest-group formation that have fallen out of favor in recent years."" — Stephen Valocchi, author of Social Movements and Activism in the USA" The book traverses several fields, but it is primarily situated in and speaks to the political science literature on interest-group formation. It makes an important contribution by revisiting and revising pluralist and relative deprivation approaches to interest-group formation that have fallen out of favor in recent years. - Stephen Valocchi, author of Social Movements and Activism in the USA Author InformationAnthony J. Nownes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Interest Groups in American Politics: Pressure and Power, Second Edition and Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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