<p>The aim of this book is to bring together classical, recent and contemporary analyses of the social movement phenomenon. Analysis is represented in several variants of its discursive form: the expository essay, the critique, the general theory, the specific case study and the futuristic meditatio
The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts
β Scribed by Jeff Goodwin, James M. Jasper
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 445
- Edition
- 3
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world.
β’Β Β Β Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement
β’Β Β Β Provides original texts, many of them classics in the field, which have been edited for the non-technical reader
β’Β Β Β Combines the strengths of a reader and a textbook with selected readings and extensive editorial material
β’Β Β Β Sidebars offer concise definitions of key terms, as well as biographies of famous activists and chronologies of several key movements
β’Β Β Β Requires no prior knowledge about social movements or theories of social movements
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