Social Movements

Name: Social Movements
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ISBN: 9780195375084

ISBN-10: 0195375084

ISBN-13: 9780195375084

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Authors: Suzanne Staggenborg

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Social movements around the world have used a wide variety of protest tactics to bring about enormous social changes, influencing cultural arrangements, public opinion, and government policies in the process. This concise yet in-depth primer provides a broad overview of theoretical issues in the study of social movements, illustrating key concepts with a series of case studies. It offers engaging analyses of the protest cycle of the 1960s, the women's movement, the gay and lesbian rights movement, the environmental movement, the new American right, and the global justice movement. Author Suzanne Staggenborg examines these social movements in terms of their strategies and tactics, the…

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List price: $44.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Suzanne Staggenborg is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and the former Chair of Sociology at McGill University. She is the author of numerous books including The Pro-Choice Movement (OUP 1994).




Introduction



Theories of Social Movements and Collective Action



Issues in the Study of Social Movements and Collective Action



The Protest Cycle of the 1960s



The Women's Movement



The Gay and Lesbian Movement



The Environmental Movement



The New American Right



The Global Justice Movement



Conclusion: Social Movements and Social Change