Social Movements: A Reader

by Ruggiero; Vincenzo

• ISBN13: 9780415445818
• ISBN10: 0415445817
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This timely Reader plays an important role in the field of social movements. It fills a significant gap by covering a number of connected areas within social studies. Responding to growing demand for interpretation and analysis of re-emerging social conflicts in the developed, as well as the developing world, this timely collection is the outcome of the recent boost received by social movement studies since the spread of contention and collective action at international level and the growth of the 'anti-globalization' movement. Intended not only as a comprehensive introduction for undergraduates and postgraduates studying social movements, this volume also provides a truly global perspective, combining classic sociological thought and contemporary concerns. This book provides an essential guide to 'who is who' in the field of social movement studies and includes reflective and documentary material on contemporary conflicts. This volume is also an incredibly valuable resource for more general modules on sociological theory, global sociology, the history of sociological thought, contemporary social theory, and international and globalization studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Conflict and collective action

The Communist Manifesto

A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

The Division of Labor in Society

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

Conflict (On Individuality and Social Forms)

The Crowd

Hegemony and collective behaviour

The City

Class, Status, Party

Notes on Italian History

The Modern Prince

Social Movements

The Politics of Mass Society

Theory of Collective Behavior

Resource mobilisation

The Logic of Collective Action

Social Conflict and Social Movements

Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory

Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements

The Critical Mass in Collective Action

Social movements and the political process

Power in Movement

Personal Politics

The Conditions of Protest Behavior in American Cities

Social Movements and Direct Democracy in Switzerland

Poor People's Movements

Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency 1930-1970

Social Movements and National Politics

New social movements

New Social Movements

New Social Movements: Challenging the Boundaries of Institutional Politics

An Introduction to the Study of Social Movements

A Strange Kind of Newness: What's New in New Social Movements?

Conflict Networks and the Origin of Women's Liberation

Theory and Protest in Latin America Today

New directions

Mobilization and Participation: Social-Psychological Expansions of Resource Mobilization Theory

Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation

Globalisation and social movements

The Concept of Social Movement

Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach

Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

Putting Emotions in Their Place

Grassroots Globalization

Globalization and Gender: New Threats, New Strategies

Globalizing Resistance: The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements

From Santiago to Seattle: Transnational Advocacy Groups Restructuring World Politics

Transnational Protest and Global Activism

Social Movements and Global Mobilisations

Dichotomies and Contemporary Social Movements

Index

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