Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach - Hardcover

Eyerman, Ron; Jamison, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745607624 ISBN 13: 9780745607627

Publisher: Polity Press, 1991

Synopsis

In recent years, social movements have become a popular subject of sociological investigation. This book considers the subject, integrating American and European approaches. The authors see social movements in terms of a social theory of knowledge that is both politically and historically informed. Social movements are, they argue, forms of activity whereby individuals create new kinds of social identities not only for themselves, but for the societies of which they are a part. The book is particularly concerned with processes which transform groups of individuals into social movements, and which give social movements their active orientation. Social movements from different periods and cultures are examined comparatively.

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Review

′Eyerman and Jamison have written a pathbreaking book that simultaneously places previous theories of collective behaviour in sociohistorical perspective while developing their own cognitive approach to social movements.′ Choice

′Readable and well documented. I would recommend Eyerman and Jamison′s book to all scholars who are interested in social movements.′ ANZJS

From the Back Cover

Social movements are now a popular subject of sociological investigation. This timely book offers a new approach to the study of such movements, integrating American and European approaches. The authors are particularly concerned with the processes which transform groups of individuals into social movements, and which give social movements their active orientation. They examine the success and failure of social movements in comparative terms, comparing different historical periods as well as political cultures.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polity Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0745607624
• ISBN 13: 9780745607627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200