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TRANSNATIONAL PROTEST, U.S. ACTIVISTS AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ON UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE 2003 IRAQ WAR

STINNETT, LISA H
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186779385

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2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Political Science.
Studies of transnational activism focus on two types of activists: those that use transnational activism to combat the repression of an authoritarian state and those that use transnational activism to combat international institutions. This project analyzes the case of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), a US anti-war organization, and its campaign against the 2003 Iraq War. UFPJ represents a less studied group of activists, those in democratic countries who use transnational activism to pressure their own governments to change policies. I argue that political constraints at the national level, a lack of political opportunities at the national level, and favorable political opportunities at the international level motivated and shaped UFPJ’s use of transnational activism. This study identifies international political opportunities created by allied states, international forums, and the role of the UN in the debate over Iraq as the primary determinants of UFPJ’s strategy to oppose war in Iraq.
Laura Jenkins (Advisor)
107 p.
United for Peace and Justice; Political Opportunities; Transnational Activism; Social Movement Organizations

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  • STINNETT, L. H. (2007). TRANSNATIONAL PROTEST, U.S. ACTIVISTS AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ON UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE 2003 IRAQ WAR [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186779385

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • STINNETT, LISA. TRANSNATIONAL PROTEST, U.S. ACTIVISTS AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ON UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE 2003 IRAQ WAR. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186779385.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • STINNETT, LISA. "TRANSNATIONAL PROTEST, U.S. ACTIVISTS AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ON UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE 2003 IRAQ WAR." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1186779385

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