{"product_id":"the-politics-of-common-sense-how-social-movements-use-public-discourse-to-change-politics-and-win-acceptance-9780190203993","title":"The Politics of Common Sense: How Social Movements Use Public Discourse to Change Politics and Win Acceptance","description":"The way that movements communicate with the general public matters for their chances of lasting success. Deva Woodly argues that the potential for movement-led political change is significantly rooted in mainstream democratic discourse and specifically in the political acceptance of new issues\u003cbr\u003eby news media, the general public, and elected officials. This is true to some extent for any group wishing to alter status quo distributions of rights and\/or resources, but is especially important for grassroots challengers who do not already have a place of legitimated influence in the polity. By\u003cbr\u003eexamining the talk of two contemporary movements, the living wage and marriage equality, during the critical decade after their emergence between 1994-2004, Woodly shows that while the living wage movement experienced over 120 policy victories and the marriage equality movement suffered many policy\u003cbr\u003edefeats, the overall impact that marriage equality had on changing American politics was much greater than that of the living wage because of its deliberate effort to change mainstream political discourse, and thus, the public understanding of the politics surrounding the issue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deva R. Woodly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190203993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeva R. Woodly is Assistant Professor of Political Science, The New School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39927185801331,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0bbfc058-5a28-44c6-9d05-18d808fd77b1.jpg?v=1647523705","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-politics-of-common-sense-how-social-movements-use-public-discourse-to-change-politics-and-win-acceptance-9780190203993","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}