The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts (Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology)

ISBN 10: 0631221964 / ISBN 13: 9780631221968

Editore: Wiley–Blackwell, 2003

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The Social Movements Reader is an extensive collection of the key classic and contemporary readings on the origins, organization, dynamics, and effects of social movements.

• Contains 33 concise essays by leading scholars on the origins, organizations, influences, and development of social movements.
  
• Collects both classic and contemporary readings on social movements.
  
• Provides several case studies including articles on labor, civil rights, women, the environment, religion, and politics.
  
• Includes editorial introductions, chronologies, and definitions of key terms to give further insight and direction.

Informazioni sull?autore: Jeff Goodwin is Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University. He is the author of No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements (2001) and co-editor (with James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta) of Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements (2001).

James M. Jasper is the author of The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements (1997) and Restless Nation: Starting over in America (2000) and co-author (with Dorothy Nelkin of The Animal Rights Crusade (1992).

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Titolo: The Social Movements Reader: Cases and ...
Casa editrice: Wileyâ Blackwell
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good