Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 36)

Patrick G. Coy

ISBN 10: 1781907323 / ISBN 13: 9781781907320

Published by Emerald Publishing Limited, 2013

no dust jacket as issued, volume 36 No dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000246788

Synopsis:

This latest volume in the august Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change series carries on a long tradition of featuring only the best data-driven and multi-method research upon which useful theory can be painstakingly built. Part one focuses on old and new media platforms and their intersections with mobilization issues, highlighting protest websites and the US Tea Party movement. Part two investigates the roles elites play in advancing movement campaigns for increased rights and decreased inequalities in the US and Peru. The third section spotlights best and worst practices in conflict transformation and peacebuilding ventures in Croatia and Israel/Palestine, while the fourth section interrogates the use of consensus building processes in Local Social Forums and in the Occupy Movement. Finally, on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Neil Smelser's A Theory of Collective Behavior, we close with a creative combining of Smelser's structural functionalist approach with social identity models for understanding crowd behaviors in the context of university party riots.

About the Author: Coy, Prof. P.G. - Kent State University, OH, USA

Bibliographic Details

Title: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and ...
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good