Download or read book Social Movement Promotion of Public Policy During Challenging Times written by Joe Stacy Bergeron and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I investigate how social movements strategically approach the creation of political opportunities. I do this by examining the promotion of public policy goals in a challenging political context. An interpretive analysis of interviews and documents drawing from the policy planning and organizational experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) movement in the United States informs this study.