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From Contention to Democracy
. Ed(S): Giugni, Marco G.; McAdam, Doug; Tilly, Charles
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Description for From Contention to Democracy
Hardback. From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political, and cultural change. Editor(s): Giugni, Marco G.; McAdam, Doug; Tilly, Charles. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political and cultural change. Three broad types of movement-change nexus are distinguished and discussed: incorporation, transformation, and democratization. The chapters in this book all point to the place of social movements in relation to these three processes of change, while discussing the history and well-known events of social movements. Individual occurrences such as ... Read more
From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political and cultural change. Three broad types of movement-change nexus are distinguished and discussed: incorporation, transformation, and democratization. The chapters in this book all point to the place of social movements in relation to these three processes of change, while discussing the history and well-known events of social movements. Individual occurrences such as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847691050
SKU
V9780847691050
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About . Ed(S): Giugni, Marco G.; McAdam, Doug; Tilly, Charles
Marco G. Giugni is a researcher in the department of political science at the University of Geneva. Doug McAdam is professor of sociology at Stanford. Charles Tilly is Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University.
Reviews for From Contention to Democracy
This is a good book. It advances our understanding of social movements.
International Social Science Review
The book succeeds in addressing an important deficit in the literature by bringing specific theoretical issues on social movement outcomes out from behind the shadow of research on movement origins. . . . this is a joint venture with an intellectual ... Read more
International Social Science Review
The book succeeds in addressing an important deficit in the literature by bringing specific theoretical issues on social movement outcomes out from behind the shadow of research on movement origins. . . . this is a joint venture with an intellectual ... Read more