Another key component of the books that we see in the film is politics of rights. Politics of Rights are a “forms of political activity made possible by the presence of rights in American society” (pg. 83). Everyone has rights, and with those rights we are able to have forms of political activity. Another quote from Scheingold that helps explain is “The politics of rights, therefore, involves the manipulation of rights rather than their realization. Rights are treated as contingent resources which impact on public policy indirectly—in the measure, that is they can aid in altering the balance of political forces” (pg. 148). That part where is says “manipulation of rights rather than their realization” happens a lot. People do not always know
