How social movements matter / Marco Giugni, Doug McAdam, and Charles Tilly, editors ; foreword by Sidney Tarrow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giugni, Marco.

McAdam, Doug.

Tilly, Charles.

Series:

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 10.

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Protest movements.

Penn Provenance:

Moskowitz, Daniel B. (donor)

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1999]

Summary:

Bringing together several well-known scholars, this volume offers an assessment of the consequences of social movements in Western countries. Policy, institutional, cultural, short- and long-term, and intended and unintended outcomes are among the types of consequences the authors consider in depth. They also compare political outcomes of several contemporary movements -- specifically, women's, peace, ecology, and extreme right-wing movements -- in different countries.

Contents:

Introduction: How Social Movements Matter: Past Research, Present Problems, Future Developments / Marco Giugni xiii

Part I Types of Consequences

1. Social Movements and Public Policy / Paul Burstein 3

2. Making an Impact: Conceptual and Methodological Implications of the Collective Goods Criterion / Edwin Amenta, Michael P. Young 22

3. The Impact of Social Movements on Political Institutions: A Comparison of the Introduction of Direct Legislation in Switzerland and the United States / Hanspeter Kriesi, Dominique Wisler 42

4. Protest, Protesters, and Protest Policing: Public Discourses in Italy and Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s / Donatella della Porta 66

5. Political Protest and Institutional Change: The Anti-Vietnam War Movement and American Science / Kelly Moore 97

6. The Biographical Impact of Activism / Doug McAdam 119

Part II Comparative Perspectives

7. Feminist Politics in a Hostile Environment: Obstacles and Opportunities / Joyce Gelb, Vivien Hart 149

8. How the Cold War Was Really Won: The Effects of the Antinuclear Movements of the 1980s / David S. Meyer 182

9. The Impact of Environmental Movements in Western Societies / Dieter Rucht 204

10. Ethnic and Civic Conceptions of Nationhood and the Differential Success of the Extreme Right in Germany and Italy / Ruud Koopmans, Paul Statham 225

Conclusion: From Interactions to Outcomes in Social Movements / Charles Tilly 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Daniel B. Moskowitz in honor of Bert and Lilly Dee Moskowitz.

ISBN:

0816629145

0816629153

OCLC:

40753989