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The scholarly literature is reviewed to establish a theoretical framework for determining the potential influence of citizen-based peace movements on US national security policy in the nuclear age. It is argued that the influence of such movements can only be assessed by understanding the policy & political context in which they emerge, suggesting three distinct levels of analysis: (1) the policy climate, including both technological & political aspects of national security policy, where changes in policy create a political space for protest movements to emerge; (2) dissident mobilization; & (3) measures of movement growth & their relation to institutional politics, suggesting that social protest becomes institutionalized through conventional political activity. Although this process enhances a movement's political access, it also narrows the scope of movement demands. By restoring the status quo ante & rebuilding bipartisan national security policy, movements may play a role in maintaining the policy consensus they explicitly challenge. Modified AA

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