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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631221964 ISBN 13: 9780631221968

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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).

From the Back Cover

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. These essays analyze the specific resources, networks, structures, and environments of social movements, as well as the motivating psychology, political debates, emotions, and personal and collective identities behind them. The book includes several case studies of some of the most important social movements, including the civil rights, women s, and environmental movements.

Chapter introductions, brief biographies, and definitions of key concepts guide readers to a clear understanding of the essays. For anyone curious about social movements, this is an engaging and illuminating compilation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631221964
• ISBN 13: 9780631221968
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Goodwin Jeff, Jasper James M.