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The most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements

This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity. It is the most up-to-date, comprehensive volume of social science research on social movements available today.

The essays address: facilitative and constraining contexts and conditions; social movement organizations, fields, and dynamics; strategies and tactics; micro-structural and social psychological dimensions of participation; consequences and outcomes; and various thematic intersections, including the intersection of social movements and social class, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, human rights, globalization, political extremism and more.

  • Offers an illuminating guide to und

    Table of Contents

    Notes on Contributors ix

    Introduction: Mapping and Opening Up the Terrain 1
    David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon

    PART 1 FACILITATIVE AND CONSTRAINING CONTEXTS AND CONDITIONS 17

    1 The Political Context of Social Movements 19
    Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow

    2 The Role of Threat in Collective Action 43
    Paul D. Almeida

    3 The Cultural Context of Social Movements 63
    James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta

    4 The Resource Context of Social Movements 79
    Bob Edwards, John D. McCarthy, and Dane R. Mataic

    5 The Ecological and Spatial Contexts of Social Movements 98
    Yang Zhang and Dingxin Zhao

    6 Social Movements and Transnational Context: Institutions, Strategies, and Conflicts 115
    Clifford Bob

    7 Social Movements and Mass Media in a Global Context 131
    Deana A. Rohlinger and Catherine Corrigall‐Brown

    PART II SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, FIELDS, AND DYNAMICS 149

    8 Networks and Fields 151
    Nick Crossley and Mario Diani

    9 Social Movement Organizations 167
    Edward T. Walker and Andrew W. Martin

    10 Bringing Leadership Back In 185
    Marshall Ganz and Elizabeth McKenna

    11 How Social Movements Interact with Organizations and Fields: Protest, Institutions, and Beyond 203
    Fabio Rojas and Brayden G. King

    12 Infighting and Insurrection 220
    Amin Ghaziani and Kelsy Kretschmer

    13 Diffusion Processes Within and Across Movements 236
    Sarah A. Soule and Conny Roggeband

    14 Coalitions and the Organization of Collective Action 252
    Megan E. Brooker and David S. Meyer

    PART III SOCIAL MOVEMENT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS 269

    15 Tactics and Strategic Action 271
    Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes

    16 Technology and Social Media 289
    Jennifer Earl

    17 Social Movements and Litigation 306
    Steven A. Boutcher and Holly J. McCammon

    18 Social Movements in Interaction with Political Parties 322
    Swen Hutter, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Jasmine Lorenzini

    19 Nonviolent and Violent Trajectories in Social Movements 338
    Kurt Schock and Chares Demetriou

    20 Art and Social Movements 354
    Lilian Mathieu

    PART IV MICROSTRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 369

    21 Individual Participation in Street Demonstrations 371
    Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg, Bert Klandermans, and Stefaan Walgrave

    22 The Framing Perspective on Social Movements: Its Conceptual Roots and Architecture 392
    David A. Snow, Rens Vliegenthart, and Pauline Ketelaars

    23 Emotions in Social Movements 411
    Justin Van Ness and Erika Summers‐Effler

    24 Collective Identity in Social Movements: Assessing the Limits of a Theoretical Framework 429
    Cristina Flesher Fominaya

    PART V CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES 447

    25 The Political Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes Movements Seek to Influence 449
    Edwin Amenta, Kenneth T. Andrews, and Neal Caren

    26 Economic Outcomes of Social Movements 466
    Marco Giugni and Maria T. Grasso

    27 The Cultural Outcomes of Social Movements 482
    Nella Van Dyke and Verta Taylor

    28 Biographical Consequences of Activism 499
    Florence Passy and Gian‐Andrea Monsch

    PART VI THEMATIC INTERSECTIONS 515

    29 Social Class and Social Movements 517
    Barry Eidlin and Jasmine Kerrissey

    30 Gender and Social Movements 537
    Heather McKee Hurwitz and Alison Dahl Crossley

    31 Race, Ethnicity, and Social Movements 553
    Peter B. Owens, Rory McVeigh, and David Cunningham

    32 Bringing the Study of Religion and Social Movements Together: Toward an Analytically Productive Intersection 571
    David A. Snow and Kraig Beyerlein

    33 Human Rights and Social Movements: From the Boomerang Pattern to a Sandwich Effect 586
    Kiyoteru Tsutsui and Jackie Smith

    34 Globalization and Social Movements 602
    Massimiliano Andretta, Donatella della Porta, and Clare Saunders

    35 Political Extremism and Social Movements 618
    Robert Futrell, Pete Simi, and Anna E. Tan

    36 Nationalism, Nationalist Movements, and Social Movement Theory 635
    Hank Johnston

    37 War, Peace, and Social Movements 651
    David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow

    38 Authoritarian Regimes and Social Movements 666
    Xi Chen and Dana M. Moss

    39 Revolution and Social Movements 682
    Jack A. Goldstone and Daniel P. Ritter

    40 Terrorism and Social Movements 698
    Colin J. Beck and Eric W. Schoon

    Index 714

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 07/12/2018
    ISBN13: 9781119168553, 978-1119168553
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    The most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements

    This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity. It is the most up-to-date, comprehensive volume of social science research on social movements available today.

    The essays address: facilitative and constraining contexts and conditions; social movement organizations, fields, and dynamics; strategies and tactics; micro-structural and social psychological dimensions of participation; consequences and outcomes; and various thematic intersections, including the intersection of social movements and social class, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, human rights, globalization, political extremism and more.

    • Offers an illuminating guide to und

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors ix

      Introduction: Mapping and Opening Up the Terrain 1
      David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon

      PART 1 FACILITATIVE AND CONSTRAINING CONTEXTS AND CONDITIONS 17

      1 The Political Context of Social Movements 19
      Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow

      2 The Role of Threat in Collective Action 43
      Paul D. Almeida

      3 The Cultural Context of Social Movements 63
      James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta

      4 The Resource Context of Social Movements 79
      Bob Edwards, John D. McCarthy, and Dane R. Mataic

      5 The Ecological and Spatial Contexts of Social Movements 98
      Yang Zhang and Dingxin Zhao

      6 Social Movements and Transnational Context: Institutions, Strategies, and Conflicts 115
      Clifford Bob

      7 Social Movements and Mass Media in a Global Context 131
      Deana A. Rohlinger and Catherine Corrigall‐Brown

      PART II SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, FIELDS, AND DYNAMICS 149

      8 Networks and Fields 151
      Nick Crossley and Mario Diani

      9 Social Movement Organizations 167
      Edward T. Walker and Andrew W. Martin

      10 Bringing Leadership Back In 185
      Marshall Ganz and Elizabeth McKenna

      11 How Social Movements Interact with Organizations and Fields: Protest, Institutions, and Beyond 203
      Fabio Rojas and Brayden G. King

      12 Infighting and Insurrection 220
      Amin Ghaziani and Kelsy Kretschmer

      13 Diffusion Processes Within and Across Movements 236
      Sarah A. Soule and Conny Roggeband

      14 Coalitions and the Organization of Collective Action 252
      Megan E. Brooker and David S. Meyer

      PART III SOCIAL MOVEMENT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS 269

      15 Tactics and Strategic Action 271
      Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes

      16 Technology and Social Media 289
      Jennifer Earl

      17 Social Movements and Litigation 306
      Steven A. Boutcher and Holly J. McCammon

      18 Social Movements in Interaction with Political Parties 322
      Swen Hutter, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Jasmine Lorenzini

      19 Nonviolent and Violent Trajectories in Social Movements 338
      Kurt Schock and Chares Demetriou

      20 Art and Social Movements 354
      Lilian Mathieu

      PART IV MICROSTRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 369

      21 Individual Participation in Street Demonstrations 371
      Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg, Bert Klandermans, and Stefaan Walgrave

      22 The Framing Perspective on Social Movements: Its Conceptual Roots and Architecture 392
      David A. Snow, Rens Vliegenthart, and Pauline Ketelaars

      23 Emotions in Social Movements 411
      Justin Van Ness and Erika Summers‐Effler

      24 Collective Identity in Social Movements: Assessing the Limits of a Theoretical Framework 429
      Cristina Flesher Fominaya

      PART V CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES 447

      25 The Political Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes Movements Seek to Influence 449
      Edwin Amenta, Kenneth T. Andrews, and Neal Caren

      26 Economic Outcomes of Social Movements 466
      Marco Giugni and Maria T. Grasso

      27 The Cultural Outcomes of Social Movements 482
      Nella Van Dyke and Verta Taylor

      28 Biographical Consequences of Activism 499
      Florence Passy and Gian‐Andrea Monsch

      PART VI THEMATIC INTERSECTIONS 515

      29 Social Class and Social Movements 517
      Barry Eidlin and Jasmine Kerrissey

      30 Gender and Social Movements 537
      Heather McKee Hurwitz and Alison Dahl Crossley

      31 Race, Ethnicity, and Social Movements 553
      Peter B. Owens, Rory McVeigh, and David Cunningham

      32 Bringing the Study of Religion and Social Movements Together: Toward an Analytically Productive Intersection 571
      David A. Snow and Kraig Beyerlein

      33 Human Rights and Social Movements: From the Boomerang Pattern to a Sandwich Effect 586
      Kiyoteru Tsutsui and Jackie Smith

      34 Globalization and Social Movements 602
      Massimiliano Andretta, Donatella della Porta, and Clare Saunders

      35 Political Extremism and Social Movements 618
      Robert Futrell, Pete Simi, and Anna E. Tan

      36 Nationalism, Nationalist Movements, and Social Movement Theory 635
      Hank Johnston

      37 War, Peace, and Social Movements 651
      David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow

      38 Authoritarian Regimes and Social Movements 666
      Xi Chen and Dana M. Moss

      39 Revolution and Social Movements 682
      Jack A. Goldstone and Daniel P. Ritter

      40 Terrorism and Social Movements 698
      Colin J. Beck and Eric W. Schoon

      Index 714

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