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' ... 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
Book Description
Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. 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 emphasizes its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organizational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasizes the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure. This second edition has an entirely new chapter, major additions to the bibliography, new illustrative materials in many of the chapters and a new conclusion.
Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics),Sidney Tarrow,Cambridge University Press,0521629470,Collective behavior,General,History,History & Theory - General,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Social Science,Social change,Social movements,Sociology - General,Political Science / General,Political activism,Social movements--History,Sociology, Social Studies
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