What happens when an organization with the express goal of defending individual rights and liberties starts silencing its own board? Lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer has intimate knowledge of the ensuing conflict between independent thinking and group solidarity. In this concise and provocative book, she tells an inside story of dramatic ethical decline at the American Civil Liberties Union, using it as a poignant case study of conformity and other vices of association.
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What happens when an organization with the express goal of defending individual rights and liberties starts silencing its own board? Lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer has intimate knowledge of the ensuing conflict between independent thinking and group solidarity. In this concise and provocative book, she tells an inside story of dramatic ethical decline at the American Civil Liberties Union, using it as a poignant case study of conformity and other vices of association.
Imprint | Beacon Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | May 2010 |
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First published | June 2010 |
Authors | Wendy Kaminer |
Dimensions | 208 x 135 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 160 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8070-4436-0 |
Barcode | 9780807044360 |
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LSN | 0-8070-4436-9 |