Social Movements in Advanced Capitalism The Political Economy and Cultural Construction of Social Activism

Name: Social Movements in Advanced Capitalism The Political Economy and Cultural Construction of Social Activism
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ISBN: 9780195126044

ISBN-10: 0195126041

ISBN-13: 9780195126044

Edition: 1999

Authors: Steven M. Buechler

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Building on a critical overview of current social movement theory, this book presents a structural model for analysing social movements in advanced capitalism that locates them within global, national, regional and local structures. Buechler discusses a redirection of social movement theory that restores a critical, structural, macro-level, and historical emphasis to sociological theorizing about social movements. Clearly presented, this is a thoughtful introduction to the sociological study of social movements, linking the theoretical traditions that comprise the core of the discipline to the subfield of social movements. It is an excellent supplementary text for any advanced undergraduate…

Book details

List price: $119.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/8/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Steven M. Buechler is Professor of Sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His recent books include the critically acclaimed Understanding Social Movements: Theories from the Classical Era to the Present (Paradigm 2011).



Introduction



The Sociology of Social Movements



Social Movements and Sociology: Siblings of Modernity






Social-Historical Structures and Collective Action



Global Structures: The World-Capitalist System



National Structures: Crisis, Colonization and Post-Fordism



Regional Structures: Class, Race, and Gender



Local Structures: The Politics of Everyday Life



The Political and the Cultural in Collective Action



The Political: State Politics and Social Poltics



The Cultural: Identity, Ideology and Organization


Epilogue


References


Index