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Power in movement : social movements and contentious politics / Sidney Tarrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tarrow, Sidney G., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--History.
- Social movements.
- Collective behavior--History.
- Collective behavior.
- Social change--History.
- Social change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. From the French and American revolutions through the democratic and workers' movements of the nineteenth century to the totalitarian movements of today, movements exercise a fleeting but powerful influence on politics and society. 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 emphasises its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organisational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasises the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure.
- Contents:
- COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CONTENTIOUS POLITICS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; PART I: THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN SOCIAL MOVEMENT; PART II: FROM CONTENTION TO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; PART III: THE DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT; NOTES; SOURCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-15766-8
- 1-283-11682-0
- 9786613116826
- 1-139-07455-5
- 0-511-81324-4
- 1-139-06876-8
- 1-139-07680-9
- 1-139-07908-5
- 1-139-08135-7
- OCLC:
- 727649194
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