Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Type

Book

Authors

Sidney Tarrow

ISBN 10

0521629470

ISBN 13

9780521629478

Tags

Reference, Social Sciences, Sociology, History & Theory, Comparative Politics, Political History

Description

Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasizes its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organizational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasizes the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure. This second edition has an entirely new chapter, major additions to the bibliography, new illustrative materials in many of the chapters and a new conclusion. - from Amzon

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