The Blackwell companion to social movements / edited by David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, and Hanspeter Kriesi.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Snow, David A.
Soule, Sarah Anne, 1967-
Kriesi, Hanspeter
Language:English
Published: [Malden, Mass.] : Blackwell Publishing, [2007]
Series:Blackwell companions to sociology.
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Physical Description:1 electronic text : html.
Online version of the print edition publ. in 2004 as part of the series: Blackwell companions to sociology.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction. Mapping the terrain / David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, and Hanspeter Kriesi
  • Facilitative contexts and conditions. Protest in time and space : the evolution of waves of contention / Ruud Koopmans ; The strange career of strain and breakdown theories of collective action / Steven M. Buechler ; Political context and opportunity / Hanspeter Kriesi ; The cultural contexts of collective action : constraints, opportunities, and the symbolic life of social movements / Rhys H. Williams ; Resources and social movement mobilization / Bob Edwards and John D. McCarthy
  • Field of action and dynamics. Beyond the iron law : rethinking the place of organizations in social movement research / Elisabeth S. Clemens and Debra C. Minkoff ; Leadership in social movements / Aldon D. Morris and Suzanne Staggenborg ; Movement allies, adversaries, and third parties / Dieter Rucht ; Policing social protest / Donatella della Porta and Olivier Fillieule ; Bystanders, public opinion, and the media / William A. Gamson ; "Get up, stand up" : tactical repertoires of social movements / Verta Taylor and Nella Van Dyke ; Diffusion processes within and across movements / Sarah A. Soule ; Transnational processes and movements / Jackie Smith
  • Microstructural and social-psychological dimensions. Networks and participation / Mario Diani ; The demand and supply of participation : social-psychological correlates of participation in social movements / Bert Klandermans ; Framing processes, ideology, and discursive fields / David A. Snow ; Emotional dimensions of social movements / Jeff Goodwin, James M. Jasper, and Francesca Polletta ; Collective identity, solidarity, and commitment / Scott A. Hunt and Robert D. Benford
  • Consequences and outcomes. The legislative, organizational, and beneficiary consequences of state-oriented challengers / Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren ; Personal and biographical consequences / Marco G. Giugni ; The cultural consequences of social movements / Jennifer Earl ; The consequences of social movements for each other / Nancy Whittier
  • Major social movements. The labor movement in motion / Rick Fantasia and Judith Stepan-Norris ; Feminism and the women's movement : a global perspective / Myra Marx Ferree and Carol McClurg Mueller ; Environmental movements / Christopher Rootes ; Antiwar and peace movements / Sam Marullo and David S. Meyer ; Ethnic and nationalist social movements / Susan Olzak ; Religious movements / Fred Kniss and Gene Burns.