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Author Goodwin, Jeff

Title Rethinking Social Movements : Structure, Meaning, and Emotion
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (317 pages)
Series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper; Part I POLITICAL PROCESS THEORY: OPPORTUNITY OR CONSTRAINT?; 1 Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper; 2 Wise Quacks Charles Tilly; 3 Paradigm Warriors: Regress and Progress in the Study of Contentious Politics Sidney Tarrow; 4 Tending the Vineyard: Cultivating Political Process Research David S. Meyer; 5 Political. Opportunity. Structure. Some Splitting to Balance the Lumping Ruud Koopmans
6 Trouble in Paradigms Jeff Goodwin and James M. JasperPart II BEYOND DOMINANT PARADIGMS; 7 Culture Is Not Just in Your Head Francesca Polletta; 8 The Poststructuralist Consensus in Social Movement Theory Charles Kurzman; 9 The Intellectual Challenges of Toiling in the Vineyard Marc W Steinberg; 10 Knowledge for What? Thoughts on the State of Social Movement Studies Richard Flacks; 11 Passionate Political Processes: Bringing Emotions Back into the Study of Social Movements Deborah B. Gould; 12 Why David Sometimes Wins: Strategic Capacity in Social Movements Marshall Ganz
Part III CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS13 Revisiting the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Toward a More Synthetic Understanding of the Origins of Contention Doug McAdam; 14 Reflections on Social Movement Theory: Criticisms and Proposals Aldan Morris; 15 Hot Movements, Cold Cognition: Thinking about Social Movements in Gendered Frames Myra Marx Ferree and David A. Merrill; References; Index; Contributors
Summary This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural approach and a cultural or constructivist tradition. The gaps and misunderstandings between the two sides-as well as the efforts to bridge them-closely parallel those in the social sciences at large. This book aims to further the dialogue between these two distinct approaches to social movements and to show the broader implications for social science as a whole as it struggles with issues including cult
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-295) and index
Notes English
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Subject Social structure.
Political science.
Emotions.
Social movements.
Emotions
social structure.
social movements.
emotion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Emotions
Political science
Social movements
Social structure
Gefühl
Soziale Bewegung
Struktur
Sozialstruktur
Kritische Theorie
Sociale bewegingen.
Movimentos sociais.
Estrutura social.
Structure sociale -- Aspect psychologique.
Poststructuralisme.
Émotions.
Leadership.
Science politique.
Conflits sociaux -- Aspect politique.
Droits civils et politiques -- États-Unis.
Militantes politiques.
Mouvements sociaux -- Cas, Études de.
Emotions.
Mouvement social.
Structure sociale.
Émotion.
Théorie politique.
Form Electronic book
Author Jasper, James M
Ferree, Myra Marx
Flacks, Richard
Ganz, Marshall
Goodwin, Jeff
Gould, Deborah B
Koopmans, Ruud
Kurzman, Charles
McAdam, Doug
Merrill, David A
Meyer, David S
Morris, Aldon
Polletta, Francesca
Steinberg, Marc W
Tarrow, Sidney G.
Tilly, Charles
ISBN 9781461642077
1461642078
1299805655
9781299805651
0742525961
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