Cover; Series; Below the Radar; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Cases; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Below-the-Radar Advocacy; 3 A Public Debate on Same-Sex Marriage; 4 The Silent Struggle for Same-Sex Parental Rights; 5 Group Homes in Gridlock: Litigation and Backlash over Group Home Location; 6 To Tell or Not to Tell: Secrecy or Transparency in Group Home Sitings; 7 Revisiting Visibility; Appendix A Interviews; Appendix B Group Home Opposition Multivariate Analysis; Notes; Index
Summary
Scholars and pundits have come to expect backlash to civil rights battles, especially when courts are involved. Drawing from interviews with advocates and opponents, this book introduces readers to two sets of civil rights battles in which advocates devised strategies to remain 'under the radar' and away from the prying eyes of a volatile public. In so doing they diminished both the incidence and influence of backlash
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from HTML homepage (Oxford, viewed December 18, 2015)
