Social Movements and Social Classes: The Future of Collective Action (SAGE Studies in International Sociology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803979525 ISBN 13: 9780803979529

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This book assembles an international cast of eminent contributors who focus on issues of social movements and social class from the perspective of collective action. An important addition to current debate, the text discusses such topics as: middle-class radicalism, racism, class, the institutionalization of movements, urban politics, citizenship, education and democracy.

Part One reviews the various analytical approaches used to explain the foundations for collective action. Part Two examines the close links between local power structures, spatial issues and the institutionalization of collective action. Part Three analyzes the ways that social struggles penetrate political life, with further reflections on culture and democracy.

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Review:

`This book includes the work of twelve authors and many different topics are discussed... The chapters of the book were originally papers presented in Madrid in 1990 at the conference of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Social Movements and Social Classes Research. Since then, the authors have rewritten their contributions, and what is especially interesting is that they have commented on the contributions in the other chapters. This means that most chapters not only present the ideas of the individual authors, but also comment on and engage in a dialogue with the other contributions. In this way the book reveals the variation in the field of social movements and classes and the process has forced the authors to sharpen their arguments. The result is that the book is a presentation of a debate, but it does not provide definite answers. Rather, it mirrors the constant attempts to grasp the different theories and empirical studies of this field' - Acta Sociologica

About the Author:

Louis Maheu is Professor of Sociology and Vice-Dean of the Graduate Faculty at Université de Montréal. His recent books include La Recomposition du Politique (1991) and Hommage à Marcel Rioux: Sociologie Critique, Création Artistique et Société Contemporaine (editor, 1992)

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Maheu: Social Movements and Social Classes

Klaus Eder Humboldt University Berlin &

European University Institute Fiesole

Alberto Melucci University of Milan

Jan Pakulski University of Tasmania Hobart

Chris Pickvance University of Kent

Maurice Roche University of Sheffield

Chris Rootes University of Kent

Alain Touraine CADIS Paris

John Urry University of Lancaster

Michel Wieviorka CADIS Paris

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803979525
• ISBN 13: 9780803979529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Maheu Louis