Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

Tarrow, Sidney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521620724 ISBN 13: 9780521620727

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Social movements with even slim resources can often exercise a powerful influence on culture, politics and institutions. 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.

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Críticas

' ... a fine achievement. If others can build upon Tarrow's work with the same mixture of intellectual generosity, patience, and breadth, then the future of social movement scholarship is on firm ground.' Australian Journal of Political Science

Reseña del editor

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521620724
• ISBN 13: 9780521620727
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 287