Description - What is a Social Movement? by Hank Johnston
Social movements play a central role in the scope and direction of
social change. They were instrumental in the creation of the modern
state and, today, are major forces in politics and culture.
Environmentalism, gay rights, alterglobalization, and Islamic
fundamentalism are all movements with far-reaching impacts on
contemporary society.
What is a Social Movement? traces how the study of movements
such as these - of their structures, their ideas, and their
repertoires of protest - have grown in recent years to become a
major focus in the social sciences. It deftly navigates the
organizational, ideational, and cultural complexity of political
and social movements, and offers a succinct but comprehensive
overview of the hows, whys, and wheretofores of studying them. The
book analyzes how politics and culture frequently intersect as
people participate in movements that call for change and pursue
group interests. By focusing on movement organizations and
networks, on what they do, and how they articulate their ideas of
justice and collective interests, What is a Social Movement?
lays the essential groundwork for understanding this significant
and exciting field of research, where it came from, and where it is
headed.
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