The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
ISBN: 9781405175616
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Publication Dates
USA: Aug 2007
Rest of World: Aug 2007
Australia: Aug 2007
Format
244 x 172 mm , 6.75 x 9.75 in
Details
776 pages, 12 illustrations.
Edited by: David Snow (University of California, Irvine), Sarah Soule
( University of Arizona) and Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich)
Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology
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Description
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.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Facilitative Contexts And Conditions
Part III: Field Of Action And Dynamics
Part IV: Microstructural And Social Psychological Dimensions
Part V: Consequences And Outcomes
Part VI: Major Social Movements
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About the Author
David A. Snow is Professor of Sociology at the University of
California, Irvine. He is widely published in social movements, and
author of, among other books, the award-winning Down on Their Luck: A
Study of Homeless Street People (with Leon Anderson, 1993). He is a
former President of both the Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction and the Pacific Sociological Association, and has been a
Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
Sarah A. Soule is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University
of Arizona. Her main areas of research are social movements and
political sociology. She has published several articles on social
movements with a focus on diffusion processes in social movements.
Hanspeter Kriesi is Professor of Political Science at the University
of Zurich, Switzerland. He is an internationally renowned scholar and
has published numerous journal articles on social movements. He is
the author of Political Mobilization and Social Change (1993).
The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
Edited by: David Snow (University of California, Irvine), Sarah Soule
( University of Arizona) and Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich)
Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Part I: Introduction:
1. Mapping The Terrain: David A. Snow (University Of Arizona), Sarah
A. Soule (University Of Arizona), And Hanspeter Kriesi (University Of
Zurich)
Part II: Facilitative Contexts and Conditions:
2.Protest in Time and Space: The Evolution of Waves of Contention:
Ruud Koopmans (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Für Sozialforschun)
3. The Strange Career of Strain and Breakdown Theories of Collection
Action: Steven M. Buechler (Minnesota State University)
4. Political Context and Opportunity: Hanspeter Kriesi (Universität
Zürich)
5. The Cultural Contexts of Collective Action: Constraints,
Opportunities, and The Symbolic Life Of Social Movements: Rhys H.
Williams (University Of Cincinnati)
6.Resources and Social Movement Mobilization: Bob Edwards (East
Carolina University) And John D. Mccarthy (The Pennsylvania State
University)
Part III: Field of Action and Dynamics:
7. Beyond the Iron Law: Rethinking the Place of Organizations in
Social Movement Research: Elisabeth S. Clemens and Debra C. Minkoff
(University Of Chicago; University Of Washington)
8. Leadership in Social Movements: Aldon D. Morris and Suzanne
Staggenborg (Northwestern University; Mcgill University)
9. Movement Allies, Adversaries and Third Parties: Dieter Rucht
(Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin)
10. Policing Social Protest: Donatella Della Porta and Olivier
Fillieule (European University Institute, Florence; University of
Lausanne)
11. Bystanders, Public Opinion, and the Media: William A. Gamson
(Boston College)
12. "Get Up, Stand Up:" Tactical Repertoires of Social Movements:
Verta Taylor and Nella Van Dyke (University of California, Santa
Barbara; Washington State University)
13. Diffusion Processes Within and Across Movements: Sarah A. Soule
(University of Arizona)
14. Transnational Processes and Movements: Jackie Smith (SUNY Stony
Brook)
Part IV: Microstructural and Social Psychological Dimensions:
15. Networks and Participation: Mario Diani (University of Trento)
16. The Demand and Supply of Participation: Social-Psychological
Correlates of Participation in Social Movements: Bert Klandermans
(Free University, Amsterdam)
17. Framing Processes, Ideology, and Discursive Fields: David A. Snow
(University Of California, Irvine)
18. Emotional Dimensions of Social Movements: Jeff Goodwin, James
Jasper and Francesca Polletta (New York University; Independent
Scholar; Columbia University)
19. Collective Identity, Solidarity, and Commitment: Scott A. Hunt
and Robert D. Benford (University Of Kentucky; Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale)
Part V: Consequences And Outcomes:
20. The Legislative, Organizational, and Beneficiary Consequences of
State-Oriented Challenges: Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren (both New York
University)
21. Personal and Biographical Consequences: Marco Giugni (University
of Geneva)
22. The Cultural Consequences of Social Movements: Jennifer Earl
(University of California, Santa Barbara)
23. The Consequences of Social Movements for Each Other: Nancy
Whittier (Smith College)
Part VI: Major Social Movements:
24. The Labor Movement In Motion: Rick Fantasia and Judith Stepan-
Norris (Smith College; University Of California, Irvine)
25. Feminism and the Women's Movement: A Global Perspective: Myra
Marx Ferree and Carol Mueller (University of Wisconsin; Arizona State
University West)
26. Environmental Movements: Christopher Rootes (University of Kent)
27. Antiwar and Peace Movements: Sam Marullo and David S. Meyer
(Georgetown University; University Of California, Irvine)
28. Ethnic and Nationalist Movements: Susan Olzak (Stanford University)
29. Religious Movements: Fred Kniss and Gene Burns (Loyola
University; Michigan State University)
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