The Unfinished Revolution: Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian Movement

by Stephen M. Engel

• ISBN13: 9780521802871
• ISBN10: 0521802873
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Unfinished Revolution compares the post-Second World War histories of the American and British gay and lesbian movements with an eye toward understanding how distinct political institutional environments affect the development, strategies, goals, and outcomes of a social movement. The two case study chapters function as brief historical sketches that provide an introduction to British and American gay and lesbian history. An appendix provides a useful evaluative summary of common social movement theories. The book will be of value to academics and students of sociology, political science, and history.

Table of Contents

Notes on language	xii
Preface	xv
Introduction	1	(10)
Asked and answered: how questions can condition conclusions in social movement theory	11	(8)
Tracing the rainbow: an historical sketch of the American gay and lesbian movement	19	(48)
Tracing the rainbow: an historical sketch of the British gay and lesbian movement	67	(32)
Where and how it comes to pass: interest group interaction with political institutions	99	(24)
Asking the unasked question: grappling with the culture variable	123	(35)
Conclusion	158	(9)
Appendix: a survey of social movement theories	167	(20)
Notes	187	(27)
Bibliography	214	(12)
Index	226