The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
by Editor: David A. Snow (University of California, Irvine); Editor: Sarah A. Soule ( University of Arizona); Editor: Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements is a compilation of original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars on an array of topics in the field of social movement studies. Contains original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars Covers a wide array of topics in the field of social movement studies Features a valuable introduction by the editors which maps the field, and helps situate the study of social movements within other disciplines Includes coverage of historical, political, and cultural contexts; leadership; organizational dynamics; social networks and participation; consequences and outcomes; and case studies of major social movements Offers the most comprehensive discussion of social movements available
Table of Contents
| Contributors | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction: | |
| Mapping The Terrain | |
| Facilitative Contexts and Conditions: | |
| Protest in Time and Space: The Evolution of Waves of Contention | |
| The Strange Career of Strain and Breakdown Theories of Collection Action | |
| Political Context and Opportunity | |
| The Cultural Contexts of Collective Action: Constraints, Opportunities, and The Symbolic Life Of Social Movements | |
| Resources and Social Movement Mobilization | |
| Field of Action and Dynamics: | |
| Beyond the Iron Law: Rethinking the Place of Organizations in Social Movement Research | |
| Leadership in Social Movements | |
| Movement Allies, Adversaries and Third Parties | |
| Policing Social Protest | |
| Bystanders, Public Opinion, and the Media | |
| öGet Up, Stand Up:ö Tactical Repertoires of Social Movements | |
| Diffusion Processes Within and Across Movements | |
| Transnational Processes and Movements | |
| Microstructural and Social Psychological Dimensions: | |
| Networks and Participation | |
| The Demand and Supply of Participation: Social-Psychological Correlates of Participation in Social Movements | |
| Framing Processes, Ideology, and Discursive Fields | |
| Emotional Dimensions of Social Movements | |
| Collective Identity, Solidarity, and Commitment | |
| Consequences And Outcomes: | |
| The Legislative, Organizational, and Beneficiary Consequences of State-Oriented Challenges | |
| Personal and Biographical Consequences | |
| The Cultural Consequences of Social Movements | |
| The Consequences of Social Movements for Each Other | |
| Major Social Movements: | |
| The Labor Movement In Motion | |
| Feminism and the WomenÆs Movement: A Global Perspective | |
| Environmental Movements | |
| Antiwar and Peace Movements | |
| Ethnic and Nationalist Movements | |
| Religious Movements | |
| Index | |
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