{"product_id":"challenging-authority-how-ordinary-people-change-america-paperback","title":"Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Fox Piven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChallenging Authority\u003c\/i\u003e argues that ordinary people exercise extraordinary political courage and power in American politics when, frustrated by politics as usual, they rise up in anger and hope and defy the authorities and the status quo rules that ordinarily govern their daily lives. By doing so, they disrupt the workings of important institutions and become a force in American politics. Drawing on critical episodes in American history, Frances Fox Piven shows that it is precisely at those seismic moments when people act outside of self-restricting political norms that they become empowered to their full democratic potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Fox Piven\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate School at the City University of New York and past president of the American Sociological Association. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe War at Home: The Domestic Costs of Bush's Militarism\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and \u003ci\u003eWhy Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want It That Way\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862331064608,"sku":"9780742563162","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3ThSdHDixd9780742563162.webp?v=1781630105","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/challenging-authority-how-ordinary-people-change-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}