{"product_id":"the-civil-rights-society-kristin-bumiller-9780801845109","title":"The Civil Rights Society: The Social Construction of Victims","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a provocative examination of the role of law in promoting social change, Kristin Bumiller contents that one effect of antidiscrimination laws has been to perpetuate the victimization of the people they were intended to benefit. Probing the role of legal ideology in \"the social construction of everyday life,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Rights Society\u003c\/i\u003e describes the ways in which the social identity of victims constrains their choices and reinforces their sense of powerlessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas previous analyses have documented the ineffectiveness of antidiscrimination measures, Bumiller focuses on the impact of unrelistic expectations about law on people's lives. Grounded in a wide reading of social theory and supported with interview data, \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Rights Society \u003c\/i\u003ereveals an important dimension of the failure of legal action to address many of the most persistent forms of racial and sexual oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristin Bumiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801845106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801845109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.96w x 0.47d","brand":"Kristin Bumiller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001229263103,"sku":"9780801845109","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3cf501c6-a101-40dc-8dc1-134fda48f58e.jpg?v=1751600445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-civil-rights-society-kristin-bumiller-9780801845109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}