Challenging codes : collective action in the information age / Alberto Melucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melucci, Alberto, 1943-

Contributor:

Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund For Television and Broadcast Media.

Series:

Cambridge cultural social studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective behavior.

Social action.

Social movements.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

xiii, 441 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Summary:

In Challenging Codes, Alberto Melucci provides a magisterial presentation of his distinctive approach to the study of contemporary social movements. At once appreciative and critical of prior work, Melucci argues for a hermeneutical approach to collective action that places identity and meaning at centre stage. The approach is used to illuminate the contemporary heterogeneity and transformation of contemporary movement.' --Mayer Zald, University Of Michigan

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund For Television and Broadcast Media.

ISBN:

0521570514

0521578434

OCLC:

34193264