Social Movements by Staggenborg
Social movements around the world have used a wide variety of protest tactics to bring about enormous social changes, influencing cultural arrangements, public opinion, and government policies in the process. This concise yet in-depth primer provides a broad overview of theoretical issues in the study of social movements, illustrating key concepts with a series of case studies. It offers engaging analyses of the protest cycle of the 1960s, the women's movement, the LGBT movement, the environmental movement, right-wing movements, and global social justice movements. Author Suzanne Staggenborg examines these social movements in terms of their strategies and tactics, the organizational challenges they faced, and the roles that the mass media and counter-movements played in determining their successes and failures.
"I like the approach because it provides a history of social movements I think students should know, and because the author places most of her emphasis on big picture, structural kinds of theories..The writing is excellent. Staggenborg does a wonderful job of explaining concepts, discussing trends in social movement studies, and providing concise accounts of the long histories of major U.S. social movements...A very useful book." - Eric Bonds, University of Mary Washington "This is the best book I've seen so far -- both readable for my students and a nice summary of the literature...This is the best social movements text on the market." - Matthew Schneirov, Duquesne University "This is a well-written, accessible overview of the key concepts within the study of social movements. It also provides many specific examples from select movements which help bring to life the underlying concepts...The range of topics and movements covered is impressive...I enjoyed reading this text and think that my students would find this to be an engaging and useful text." - Scott Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Charlotte "I like the straightforward approach and unadorned style...The author does an excellent job introducing students to the vocabulary of social movements...I will adopt. This is one of the best primers I have seen." - Harvest Moon, University of Texas at Arlington
Suzanne Staggenborg is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the coeditor, with Bert Klandermans, of Methods of Social Movement Research (2002) and the author of Gender, Family, and Social Movements (1998) and The Pro-Choice Movement (OUP, 1991).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199363599 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199363595 |
| Title | Social Movements |
| Author | Staggenborg |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2015-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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