What Is a social movement? / Hank Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Hank, 1947-

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Social movements were instrumental in the creation of the modem state and today play a central role in the scope and direction of social change. What is a Social Movement? traces how the study of social movements has become a major focus in the social sciences. The book aptly-navigates the organizational ideational, and cultural complexity of political and social movements. Notably, Hank Johnston analyzes how politics and culture intersect as people participate in movements. He focuses on (1) networked relations among movement groups and organizations, (2) the central role of their beliefs and ideologies, and (3) how groups give life to their ideas through performances of protest. What is a Social Movement? is essential reading for understanding this important field of research, where it came from, and where it is headed. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 What is a Social Movement? 1

2 The Study of Social Movements 26

3 What is a Political Movement? 49

4 What is a Cultural Movement? 72

5 What Do Social Movements Do? 94

6 Researching Social Movements 118

7 Where are Social Movements Headed? 139.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0745682324

9780745682327

Publisher Number:

99961535451

Access Restriction:

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