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9780816629145

How Social Movements Matter

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816629145

  • ISBN10:

    0816629145

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-08-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Summary

We have all witnessed social movements and felt their effects -- some subtle, others profound. But to truly understand their impact over time, in different countries, and on various segments of society requires the kind of rare insight this book provides. Bringing together several well-known scholars, this volume offers an assessment of the consequences of social movements in Western countries.

Policy, institutional, cultural, short- and long-term, and intended and unintended outcomes are among the types of consequences the authors consider in depth. They also compare political outcomes of several contemporary movements -- specifically, women's, peace, ecology, and extreme-rights movements -- in different countries.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Sidney Tarrow
Preface xi
Introduction
How Social Movements Matter: Past Research, Present Problems, Future Developments xiii
Marco Giugni
Part I: Types of Consequences
Social Movements and Public Policy
3(19)
Paul Burstein
Making an Impact: Conceptual and Methodological Implications of the Collective Goods Criterion
22(20)
Edwin Amenta
Michael P. Young
The Impact of Social Movements on Political Institutions: A Comparison of the Introduction of Direct Legislation in Switzerland and the United States
42(24)
Hanspeter Kriesi
Dominique Wisler
Protest, Protesters, and Protest Policing: Public Discourses in Italy and Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s
66(31)
Donatella della Porta
Political Protest and Institutional Change: The Anti-Vietnam War Movement and American Science
97(22)
Kelly Moore
The Biographical Impact of Activism
119(30)
Doug McAdam
Part II: Comparative Perspectives
Feminist Politics in a Hostile Environment: Obstacles and Opportunities
149(33)
Joyce Gelb
Vivien Hart
How the Cold War Was Really Won: The Effects of the Antinuclear Movements of the 1980s
182(22)
David S. Meyer
The Impact of Environmental Movements in Western Societies
204(21)
Dieter Rucht
Ethnic and Civic Conceptions of Nationhood and the Differential Success of the Extreme Right in Germany and Italy
225(28)
Ruud Koopmans
Paul Statham
Conclusion From Interactions to Outcomes in Social Movements 253(18)
Charles Tilly
Bibliography 271(32)
Contributors 303(4)
Index 307

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