States, Parties, and Social Movements

States, Parties, and Social Movements by Jack A Goldstone

Studies of social movements and of political parties have usually treated them as separate and distinct. In fact they are deeply intertwined. Social movements often shape electoral competition and party policies; they can even give rise to new parties. At the same time, political parties and campaigns shape the opportunities, personnel, and outcomes of social movements. In many countries, electoral democracy itself is the outcome of social movement actions. This book, first published in 2003, examines the interaction of social movements and party politics since the 1950s, both in the United States and around the world. In studies of the US Civil Rights movement, the New Left, the Czechoslovak dissident movements, the Mexican struggle for democracy, and other episodes, this volume shows how party politics and social movements cannot be understood without appreciating their intimate relationship.

"..masterful...successfully pushes the boundaries of existing thinking about conventional versus unconventional politics." Political Science Quarterly
"All the contributions are valuable and interesting...Contributors have produced well crafted and richly documented essays, which all improve our understanding of important dimensions of political contention. They successfully remind us of the inadequacy of conventional distinctions between supposedly different forms of politics." American Journal of Sociology

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ISBN 13	9780521016995
ISBN 10	0521016991
Title	States, Parties, and Social Movements
Author	Jack A Goldstone
Series	Cambridge Studies In Contentious Politics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2003-03-03
Number of pages	312
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