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11%OFFJacquelien Van Stekelenburg (Ed.) - The Future of Social Movement Research: Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes - 9780816686544 - V9780816686544
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The Future of Social Movement Research: Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes

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Description for The Future of Social Movement Research: Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes Paperback. Editor(s): Van Stekelenburg, Jacquelien; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 456 pages, 21 black and white illustrations and 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.

Are the dynamics of contention changing? This is the question confronted by the contributors of this volume, among the most influential scholars in the field of social movements. The answers, arriving at a time of extraordinary worldwide turmoil, not only provide a wide-ranging and varied understanding of how social movements arise and persist, but also engender unanswered questions, pointing to new theoretical strands and fields of research.

The Future of Social Movement Research asks: How are the dynamics of contention shaped by globalization? By societies that are becoming increasingly more individualized and diverse? By the spread of new communication technologies ... Read more

The resulting work—brought together through engaging discussions and debates between the contributors—is interdisciplinary and unusually broad in scope, constituting the most comprehensive overview of the dynamics of social movements available today.

Contributors: Marije Boekkooi, VU-U, Amsterdam; Pang Ching Bobby Chen, U of California, Merced; Donatella della Porta, European U Institute; Mario Diani, U of Trento, Italy; Jan Willem Duyvendak, U of Amsterdam; Myra Marx Ferree, U of Wisconsin–Madison; Beth Gharrity Gardner; Ashley Gromis; Swen Hutter, U of Munich; Ruud Koopmans, WZB, Berlin; Hanspeter Kriesi, U of Zurich; Nonna Mayer, National Centre for European Studies; Doug McAdam, Stanford U; John D. McCarthy, Pennsylvania State U; Debra Minkoff, Barnard College, Columbia U; Alice Motes; Pamela E. Oliver, U of Wisconsin–Madison; Francesca Polletta, U of California, Irvine; Jacomijne Prins, VU-U, Amsterdam; Patrick Rafail, Tulane U; Christopher Rootes, U of Kent, Canterbury; Dieter Rucht, Free U of Berlin; David A. Snow, U of California, Irvine; Sarah A. Soule, Stanford U; Suzanne Staggenborg, U of Pittsburgh; Sidney Tarrow, Cornell U; Verta Taylor, U of California, Santa Barbara; Marjoka van Doorn; Martijn van Zomeren, U of Groningen; Stefaan Walgrave, U of Antwerp; Saskia Welschen.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Social Movements, Protest and Contention
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816686544
SKU
V9780816686544
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg (Ed.)
Jacquelien van Stekelenburg is associate professor of sociology at VU-University, Amsterdam.

Reviews for The Future of Social Movement Research: Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes
This is a major, very important work which brings together the leading lights in the international, interdisciplinary, invisible college of social movement scholars. The book combines thoughtful essays on the state of the art in the study of contentious politics with grounded speculation on the many still unanswered or incompletely answered questions. The authors do an excellent job of distinguishing ... Read more

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