TY - BOOK AU - Gash,Alison L. TI - Below the radar: how silence can save civil rights T2 - Studies in postwar American political development SN - 9780190235550 (ebook) : AV - KF547 .G39 2015 U1 - 323.0973 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Parent and child KW - United States KW - Gay parents KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Custody of children KW - Group homes for people with mental disabilities KW - People with mental disabilities KW - Housing KW - Civil rights N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190201159.001.0001 ER -