Social Movements : The Structure of Collective Mobilization

Paul Almeida

ISBN 10: 0520290917 / ISBN 13: 9780520290914

Published by University Of California Press Mär 2019, 2019

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Neuware - Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the core components of social movements, the theory and methods used to study them, and the conditions under which they can lead to political and social transformation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Movements : The Structure of Collective Mobilization
• Publisher: University Of California Press Mär 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520290917
• ISBN 13: 9780520290914
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 154H x 17D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 338 grams

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Synopsis

Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Readers learn the core components of social movements, the theory and methods used to study them, and the conditions under which they can lead to political and social transformation.

This book is the first to be organized along the lines of the major subfields of social movement scholarship--framing, movement emergence, recruitment, and outcomes--to provide comprehensive coverage in a single core volume.

Features include:

• use of protest event data collected in the U.S. and around the world
• case studies that bring social movements to life
• examples of cultural repertoires used by movements (flyers, pamphlets, event data on activist websites, illustrations of protest music) to mobilize a group
• topics such as immigrant rights, transnational movement for climate justice, Women's Marches, Fight for $15, Occupy Wall Street, Gun Violence, Black Lives Matter, and the mobilization of popular movements in the global South on issues of authoritarian rule and neoliberalism

With this book, readers deepen their understanding of movement dynamics, methods of investigation, and dominant theoretical perspectives, all while being challenged to consider their own place in relation to social movements.

About the Author

Paul Almeida is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. He is a two-time Fulbright Fellowship Recipient and received the 2015 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Pacific Sociological Association.