This timely Reader plays an important role in the field of social movements. It fills a significant gap by covering a number of connected areas within social studies.
Responding to growing demand for interpretation and analysis of re-emerging social conflicts in the developed, as well as the developing world, this timely collection is the outcome of the recent boost received by social movement studies since the spread of contention and collective action at international level and the growth of the 'anti-globalization' movement.
Intended not only as a comprehensive introduction for undergraduates and postgraduates studying social movements, this volume also provides a truly global perspective, combining classic sociological thought and contemporary concerns.
This book provides an essential guide to 'who is who' in the field of social movement studies and includes reflective and documentary material on contemporary conflicts. This volume is also an incredibly valuable resource for more general modules on sociological theory, global sociology, the history of sociological thought, contemporary social theory, and international and globalization studies.
Part 1: Conflict and Collective Action. 'The Communist Manifesto' Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 'A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy' Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte' Karl Marx. 'The Division of Labour in Society' Emile Durkheim. 'The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life' Emile Durkheim. 'Conflict (On Individuality and Social Forms)' Georg Simmel. 'The Crowd' Gustave Le Bon Part 2: Hegemony and Collective Behaviour. 'The City' Max Weber. 'Class, Status, Party' Max Weber. 'Notes on Italian History' Antonio Gramsci. 'The Modern Prince' Antonio Gramsci. 'Social Movements' Herbert Blumer. 'The Politics of Mass Society' William Kornhauser. 'Theory of Collective Behaviour' Neil Smelser Part 3: Resource Mobilisation. 'The Logic of Collective Action' Mancur Olson. 'Social Conflict and Social Movements' Anthony Oberschall. 'Resource Mobilisation and Social Movements: A Partial Theory' John McCarthy and Mayer Zald. 'Resource Mobilisation Theory and the Study of Social Movements' Craig Jenkins. 'The Critical Mass in Collective Action' Gerard Marwell and Pamela Oliver Part 4: Social Movements and the Political Process. 'Power in Movement' Sidney Tarrow. 'Personal Politics' Sara Evans. 'The Conditions of Protest Behaviour in American Cities' Peter K. Eisinger. 'Social Movements and Direct Democracy in Switzerland' Hanspeter Kriesi and Dominique Wisler. 'Poor People's Movements' Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward. 'Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency 1930-1970' Doug McAdam. 'Social Movements and National Politics' Charles Tilly Part 5: New Social Movements. 'New Social Movements' Jurgen Habermas. 'New Social Movements: Challenging the Boundaries of Institutional Politics' Claus Offe. 'An Introduction to the Study of Social Movements' Alain Touraine. 'A Strange Kind of Newness: What's 'New' in New Social Movements?' Alberto Melucci. 'Conflict Networks and the Origin of Women's Liberation' Carol Mueller. 'Theory and Protest in Latin America Today' Arturo Escobar and Sonia Alvarez Part 6: New Directions. 'Mobilisation and Participation: Social-Psychological Expansions of Resource Mobilisation Theory' Bert Klandermans. 'Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilisation and Movement Participation David Snow et al. 'The Concept of Social Movement' Mario Diani. 'Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach' Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison. 'Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements' Doug McAdam, John McCarthy and Mayer Zald. 'Putting Emotions in their Place' Craig Calhoun Part 7: New Global Movements. Grassroots Globalisation Arjun Appadurai. 'Globalisation and Gender: New Threats, New Strategies' Marjorie Mayo. 'Globalizing Resistance: The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements' Jackie Smith. 'From Santiago to Seattle: Transnational Advocacy Groups Restructuring World Politics' Sanjeev Khagram, James V. Riker and Kathyn Sikkink. 'Transnational Protest and Global Activism' Donatella Della Porta and Sidney Tarrow. 'Social Movements and Global Mobilisations' Nicola Montagna. 'Dichotomies and Contemporary Social Movements' Vincenzo Ruggiero
