01331    a2200181   4500020001800000082002100018100002500039100002100064245004300085260003700128300001300165520083700178650002201015650002401037650004001061650001801101650003001119  a9781107502680  a322.40973bCOL-O  aCollins, Ronald K.L.  aSkover, David M.  aOn Dissentb : Its Meaning in America   bCambridge University Pressc2015  a200, pp.  aAmerica values dissent. It tolerates, encourages and protects it. But what is this thing we value? That is a question never asked. 'Dissent' is treated as a known fact. For all that has been said about it - in books, articles, judicial opinions, and popular culture - it is remarkable that no one has devoted much, if any, ink to explaining what dissent is. No one has attempted to sketch its philosophical, linguistic, legal or cultural meanings or usages. There is a need to develop some clarity about this phenomenon, for not every difference of opinion, symbolic gesture, public activity in opposition to government policy, incitement to direct action, revolutionary effort or political assassination need be tagged dissent. In essence, we have no conceptual yardstick. It is just that measure of meaning that On Dissent offers.  aJudicial opinions  aDissenting opinions  aDissenters--Legal status, laws, etc  aUnited States  aGovernment, Resistance to