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Informationen zum Autor Louis Maheu is Professor of Sociology and Vice-Dean of the Graduate Faculty at Université de Montréal. His recent books include La Recomposition du Politique (1991) and Hommage à Marcel Rioux: Sociologie Critique, Création Artistique et Société Contemporaine (editor, 1992) CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Maheu: Social Movements and Social Classes Klaus Eder Humboldt University Berlin & European University Institute Fiesole Alberto Melucci University of Milan Jan Pakulski University of Tasmania Hobart Chris Pickvance University of Kent Maurice Roche University of Sheffield Chris Rootes University of Kent Alain Touraine CADIS Paris John Urry University of Lancaster Michel Wieviorka CADIS Paris Klappentext Internationally eminent contributors to this book focus on issues of social movements and social class from the perspective of collective action. An important addition to current debate, the text discusses such topics as: middle-class radicalism, racism, class, the institutionalization of movements, urban politics, citizenship, education and democracy. Zusammenfassung Internationally eminent contributors to this book focus on issues of social movements and social class from the perspective of collective action. An important addition to current debate! the text discusses such topics as: middle-class radicalism! racism! class! the institutionalization of movements! urban politics! citizenship! education and democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Louis Maheu PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION Does Social Class Matter in the Study of Social Movements? - Klaus Eder A Theory of Middle-Class Radicalism Social Movements and Class - Jan Pakulski The Decline of the Marxist Paradigm Racism and Social Movements - Michel Wieviorka The New Social Movements Revisited - Alberto Melucci Reflections on a Sociological Misunderstanding PART TWO: SPACE, POWER AND COLLECTIVE ACTION Social Movements in the Transition from State Socialism - Chris Pickvance Convergence or Divergence? Social Movements and the Challenge of Urban Politics - Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Louis Maheu Rethinking Class - John Urry PART THREE: COLLECTIVE ACTION: FROM POLITICS TO DEMOCRACY Rethinking Citizenship and Social Movements - Maurice Roche Themes in Contemporary Sociology and Neoconservative Ideology A New Class? The Higher Educated and the New Politics - Chris Rootes Collective Action and the Paradigm of Individualism - Pierre Hamel Democracy - Alain Touraine From a Politics of Citizenship to a Politics of Recognition ...
