How Change Happens

Appendix C: Additional Resources on Movements and Systems

THIS APPENDIX CONTAINS select recommended readings, films, and organizational information for readers who want to delve more deeply into the specific histories of some of the movements featured in this book. These listings are organized by movement (or cause) in alphabetical order. The listings are not exhaustive, and not every modern movement peaking since the 1980–2016 period is mentioned. Included at the end are also recommended readings on social movements and marketing, systems, networks, and complexity.

Guns

Select Books on Gun Violence Prevention and Gun Rights

• Cook, Philp J., and Goss, Kristin A. The Gun Debate: What Everybody Needs to Know. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
• Dees-Thomases, Donna, and Hendrie, Alison. Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mother Rallied a Million Others Against the Gun Lobby. Harlan, IA: Rodale Books, 2004.
• Goss, Kristin A. Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.
• LaPierre, Wayne. Guns, Crime, and Freedom. New York: HarperPerennial: 1994.
• Meltzer, Scott. Gun Crusaders: The NRA’s Culture War. New York: New York University Press, 2009.
• Winkler, Adam. Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2011, 2013.

Select Films and Videos for Gun Violence Prevention

• “Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA.” Frontline, PBS, aired January 6, 2015. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/gunned-down/. ...