Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach - Hardcover

Eyerman, Ron; Jamison, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0271007524 ISBN 13: 9780271007526

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book offers a new approach to the study of social movements. Integrating American and European approaches, Eyerman and Jamison argue that social movements are forms of activity whereby individuals create new kinds of social identities not only for themselves but for the societies of which they form a part. They examine the success and failure of social movements in comparative terms, both between historical periods and political cultures, giving special attention to the American civil rights movement, environmental movements, and recent form of collective protest in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The result is a study which develops major theoretical innovations as well as integrating a wide range of empirical material.

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About the Authors

Ron Eyerman is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Lund, Sweden.

Andrew Jamison is Senior Lecturer at the Research Policy Institute at the University of Lund, Sweden.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0271007524
• ISBN 13: 9780271007526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 190