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9780470999097

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

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    9780470999097

  • ISBN10:

    0470999098

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: 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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