Acronyms; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Animal Abuse as a Social Problem; Chapter 3 The Animal Problem in Social Context; Chapter 4 Cruelty and Compassion in a Decent Society; Chapter 5 Diagnosing Cruelty: Intellectual Work in Animal Advocacy; Chapter 6 Practising Animal Activism: Exposure and Interference Strategies; Chapter 7 Mobilising Emotions: Affective Work in Animal Protection; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Annotation "Social movement theory is used to show how animal rights activists are engaged in the social construction of cruelty as a social problem which they seek to prevent by their intellectual, practical and emotion work in seminal campaigns against cruelty in the United States, England and Australia."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-214) and index
