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Understanding Social Movements

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This book offers a new and fresh approach to understanding social movements. It provides interdisciplinary perspectives on social and cultural protest and contentious politics. It considers major theories and concepts, which are presented in an accessible and engaging format. Historical and contemporary case studies and examples from a variety of different countries are provided throughout, including the American civil rights movement, Greenpeace, Pussy Riot, indigenous peoples movements, liberation theology, Occupy, Tea Party, and the Arab Spring. The book presents specific chapters outlining the early origins of social movement studies, and more recent theoretical and conceptual developments. It considers key ideas from resource mobilization theory, the political process model, and new social movement approaches. It provides an expansive commentary on the role of culture in social protest, and looks at substantive areas in chapters dedicated to religious movements, geography and struggles over space, media and movements, and global activism. Understanding Social Movements will be a useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students across disciplines wanting to be introduced to or extend their knowledge of the field. The book will also prove invaluable for lecturers and academic researchers interested in studying social movements.

Author Biography:

Greg Martin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published on social welfare movements, subcultures and social movements, protest policing, and new social movement theory. His other research interests are in criminology and socio-legal studies, and he is co-editor of the book, Secrecy, Law and Society (Routledge, 2015). He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal, Social Movement Studies, and is an Associate Editor of Crime Media Culture.
Release date NZ
May 14th, 2015
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Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
29 Halftones, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
322
Dimensions
156x234x17
ISBN-13
9780415600880
Product ID
10354288

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