Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 450
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0521485169
ISBN-13 : 9780521485166
Rating : 4/5 (166 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements by : Doug McAdam

Download or read book Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements written by Doug McAdam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-26 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social movements such as environmentalism, feminism, nationalism, and the anti-immigration movement are a prominent feature of the modern world and have attracted increasing attention from scholars in many countries. Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements, first published in 1996, brings together a set of essays that focus upon mobilization structures and strategies, political opportunities, and cultural framing and ideologies. The essays are comparative and include studies of the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe, the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany. Their authors are amongst the leaders in the development of social movement theory and the empirical study of social movements.


Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements Related Books

Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Language: en
Pages: 450
Authors: Doug McAdam
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Social movements such as environmentalism, feminism, nationalism, and the anti-immigration movement are a prominent feature of the modern world and have attract
Social Protest and Policy Change
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Marco Giugni
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

GET EBOOK

While movement activists spend much of their time and energy trying to change the world and we think that social movements often matter, our theoretical and emp
Power in Movement
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Sidney Tarrow
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-05-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. From the French and American revolutions throug
The Politics of Social Protest
Language: en
Pages: 394
Authors: J. Craig Jenkins
Categories: Comparative government
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

GET EBOOK

When Movements Become Parties
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Santiago Anria
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Provides a new way of thinking about parties formed by social movements, and their evolution over time.