Strategies for social change / Gregory M. Maney ... [and others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maney, Gregory M.

Series:

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 37.

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Social movements.

Social participation.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2012]

Summary:

The theory and practice of social movements come together in strategy-whether, why, and how people can realize their visions of another world by acting together. Strategies for Social Change offers a concise definition of strategy and a framework for differentiating among strategies. Specific chapters address microlevel decision-making processes and creativity, coalition building in Northern Ireland, nonviolent approaches to challenging repressive regimes, identity politics, GLBT rights, the Christian right in Canada and the United States, land struggles in Brazil and India, movement-media publicity, and corporate social movement organizations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

An introduction to strategy in action / Gregory M. Maney, Kenneth T. Andrews, Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, Deana A. Rohlinger, and Jeff Goodwin

Conceptual foundations and agendas

Thinking about strategy / David S. Meyer and Suzanne Staggenborg

Choice points, emotional batteries, and other ways to find strategic agency at the microlevel / James M. Jasper

Three mechanisms by which culture shapes movement strategy : repertoires, institutional norms, and metonymy / Francesca Polletta

Activist engagement and movement relevant research

Raising public awareness of domestic violence : strategic communication and movement building / Charlotte Ryan, Karen Jeffreys, and Linda Blozie

Mobilizing the generation gap : transnational coalitions and insider/outsider strategy in the climate action network / Anna-Liisa Aunio

Local strategies for global change : working for human rights and economic empowerment in the Midwest / Jackie Smith

Formation and development of strategy

The politics of coming out : visibility and identity in activism against child sexual abuse / Nancy Whittier

Agreeing for different reasons : ideology, strategic differences, and coalition dynamics in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement / Gregory M. Maney

Marketing for justice : corporate social movement organizations / Belinda Robnett and Jessica Ayo Alabi

Strategy and the consequences of movements

Land struggles in the global south : strategic innovations in Brazil and India / Kurt Schock

Similar strategies, different outcomes : institutional histories of the christian right of canada and of the united states / Tina Fetner and Carrie Sanders

Strategic choices in cross-national movements : a comparison of the swedish and british plowshares movements / Sharon Erickson Nepstad and Stellan Vinthagen

Conclusion: conceptualizing strategy in an interactive processional model / Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816672899

081667289X

9780816672905

0816672903

OCLC:

759695877