Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 180392201X ISBN 13: 9781803922010

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

This cutting-edge and authoritative Handbook covers a broad spectrum of social movement research methodologies, offering expert analysis and detailed accounts of the ways in which research can effectively be carried out on social movements and popular protests. Addressing practice-oriented questions, this Handbook engages with both theoretical and political dimensions, unpacking the multidimensional nature of social movement research for new and established scholars alike and for movement-based as well as academic researchers across many disciplines.

Divided into three thematic sections, this stimulating Handbook dives deep into discussions relating to the methodological challenges raised by researching social movements, the technical questions of how such research is conducted, and then to more practical considerations about the uses and applications of movement research. Expert contributors and established researchers utilise real-world examples to explore the methodological challenges from a range of perspectives including classical, engaged, feminist, Black, Indigenous and global Southern viewpoints.

The Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements will not only appeal to experienced researchers, but also to activists who have started to think about researching their own movements and to politically engaged students. It speaks to new and established scholars in relevant disciplines such as sociology, political science, anthropology, geography, development studies, gender studies, and race and ethnic studies, and particularly those looking to better appreciate the different research methods for understanding social movements.

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About the Author

Edited by Laurence Cox, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland, Anna Szolucha, Principal Investigator in the ARIES project, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Jagiellonian University, Poland, Alberto Arribas Lozano, María Zambrano Fellow, Department of Applied Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, Sutapa Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies and Development Studies Departments, St Francis Xavier University, Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180392201X
• ISBN 13: 9781803922010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Cox Laurence, Szolucha Anna, Arribas Lozano Alberto, Chattopadhyay Sutapa