Social Movements

by Suzanne Staggenborg

• ISBN13: 9780195423099
• ISBN10: 0195423097
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

Social movements around the world have used a wide variety of protest tactics to bring about enormous social changes, influencing cultural arrangements, public opinion, and government policies. In this book, the author explores key theoretical issues in the study of social movements through aseries of case studies. The aboriginal rights movement, the women's movement, the gay and lesbian rights movement, the environmental movement, and the global justice movement are studied. The author describes and analyzes social movements in terms of their strategies and tactics, the organizationalchallenges they faced, and the role the mass media and counter-movements played in determining their successes and failures.

Author Biography

Suzanne Staggenborg is Professor of Sociology at McGill University and the author of The Pro-Choice Movement (1991), Gender, Family and Society (1997), and Methods of Social Movement Research, with Bert Klandermans (2002).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Origins of the Social Movement	p. 3
Defining Social Movements	p. 4
Outline of the Book	p. 8
Discussion Questions	p. 10
Suggested Readings	p. 10
Theories of Social Movements and Collective Action	p. 11
Collective Behaviour Theory	p. 11
Resource Mobilization and Political Process Theories	p. 15
New Social Movement Theory	p. 20
New Directions in Social Movement Theory	p. 22
Conclusion	p. 24
Discussion Questions	p. 24
Suggested Readings	p. 25
Issues in the Study of Social Movements and Collective Action	p. 26
Movement Emergence: Mobilization and Recruitment	p. 26
Movement Maintenance, Growth, and Decline	p. 31
Movement Outcomes	p. 37
Movements and Media	p. 39
Conclusion	p. 41
Discussion Questions	p. 42
Suggested Readings	p. 42
The Protest Cycle of the 1960s	p. 43
The Rise, Decline, and Significance of the Protest Cycle	p. 44
The American Civil Rights Movement	p. 46
The Rise of New Left Student and Anti-War Movements	p. 48
Legacies of the Protest Cycle of the 1960s	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 53
Discussion Questions	p. 53
Suggested Readings	p. 53
Aboriginal Protest/Howard Ramos	p. 55
Communities, Bystanders, and Critical Events	p. 55
The Rise of Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Mobilization	p. 58
The White Paper	p. 59
From Local Communities to National Political Organizations	p. 60
The Constitution Act, 1982	p. 63
'Indian Summer' of 1990	p. 65
International Attention and Nations within Nations	p. 67
Conclusion	p. 69
Discussion Questions	p. 70
Suggested Readings	p. 70
The Women's Movement	p. 71
Origins of the Second Wave	p. 71
Mobilizing Issues of the Second Wave	p. 74
Feminist Survival and the Emergence of the Third Wave	p. 78
The Global Women's Movement	p. 81
Maintenance and Growth of the Women's Movement	p. 84
Conclusion	p. 86
Discussion Questions	p. 87
Suggested Readings	p. 87
The Gay and Lesbian Movement	p. 88
Origins of the Gay and Lesbian Movement	p. 88
Gay and Lesbian Liberation	p. 90
Struggles for Equal Rights	p. 93
AIDS Activism and Queer Politics	p. 96
Relationship Recognition and Same-Sex Marriage	p. 98
Influences on Movement Strategies and Outcomes	p. 100
Conclusion	p. 102
Discussion Questions	p. 103
Suggested Readings	p. 103
The Environmental Movement	p. 104
Origins of the Environmental Movement	p. 104
Public Support for Environmentalism	p. 106
Participation in the Environmental Movement	p. 108
Debates on the Direction of the Environmental Movement	p. 112
Greenpeace and the Mass Media	p. 114
Green Lobbies and Consumer Boycotts	p. 116
Grassroots Environmentalism and Direct-Action Campaigns	p. 118
Conclusion	p. 121
Discussion Questions	p. 122
Suggested Readings	p. 122
The Global Justice Movement	p. 123
Origins of the Global Justice Movement	p. 123
Mobilizing Frames, Structures, and Opportunities	p. 127
Movement Strategies and Outcomes	p. 132
Conclusion	p. 136
Discussion Questions	p. 136
Suggested Readings	p. 136
Conclusion: Social Movements and Social Change	p. 137
Large-Scale Changes, Grievances, and Opportunities	p. 137
Movement Organization and Strategy	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 141
Notes	p. 142
Glossary	p. 144
References	p. 148
Index	p. 168
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