CQ Press Guide to Radical Politics in the United States

Susan Burgess is a professor of political science at Ohio University, with areas of interest in U.S. politics, constitutional law, radical politics, gender and sexuality, and popular culture. She is the author of The New York Times on Gay and Lesbian Issues; The Founding Fathers, Pop Culture, and Constitutional Law: Who's Your Daddy?; and Contest for Constitutional Authority: The Abortion and War Powers Debates. Kate Leeman writes, edits, and conducts research for the George Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, a center for academic and applied research at Ohio University focused on government and nonprofit leadership, economic development, and the environment. Leeman also conducts research on poverty prevention and amelioration policy, most recently co-authoring a study commissioned by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency on the impact of the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry on rural access to affordable housing.

"In a straightforward, nonjudgmental style and an easily readable format, including photographs and feature stories, this attractive book focuses on social, minority, labor, environmental, and gender movements from the late 19th century to the present... Guide is an excellent resource for high school and junior college students as well as laypeople interested in researching history, political science, labor, gender, or minority studies... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates." -- J. Q. Vance * CHOICE *