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Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world.
* Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement
* Provides original texts, many of them classics in the field, which have been edited for the non-technical reader
* Combines the strengths of a reader and a textbook with selected readings and extensive editorial material
* Sidebars offer concise definitions of key terms, as well as biographies of famous activists and chronologies of several key movements
* Requires no prior knowledge about social movements or theories of social movements
List of contents
List of Key Concepts and Chronologies viii
List of Activist Biographies ix
Part I Introduction 1
1 Editors' Introduction 3
Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper
Part II When and Why Do Social Movements Occur? 9
2 The Women's Movement 13
Jo Freeman
3 The Gay Liberation Movement 24
John D'Emilio
4 Occupy Wall Street 30
Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, and Penny Lewis
5 The Egyptian Revolution 45
Manuel Castells
Part III Who Joins or Supports Movements? 53
6 The Free-Rider Problem 59
Mancur Olson
7 Recruits to Civil Rights Activism 65
Doug McAdam
8 Who Are the Radical Islamists? 76
Charles Kurzman
9 Women's Mobilization into the Salvadoran Guerrilla Army 83
Jocelyn S. Viterna
Part IV Who Remains in Movements, Who Drops Out, and Why? 101
10 Generating Commitment among Students 105
Eric L. Hirsch
11 Sustaining Commitment among Radical Feminists 114
Nancy Whittier
12 True Believers and Charismatic Cults 126
Janja Lalich
13 Are Frames Enough? 136
Charlotte Ryan and William A. Gamson
14 The Emotional Benefits of Insurgency in El Salvador 143
Elisabeth Jean Wood
15 Classic Protest Songs: A List 153
Part V How Are Movements Organized? 155
16 Social Movement Organizations 159
John D. McCarthy and Mayer N. Zald
17 Transnational Environmental Activism 175
Paul Wapner
18 The Transnational Network for Democratic Globalization 184
Jackie Smith
19 Meeting Arenas 196
Christoph Haug
Part VI What Do Movements Do? 213
20 Tactical Innovation in the Civil Rights Movement 219
Aldon D. Morris
21 Armed Struggle in the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement 224
Gay Seidman
22 Suicide Bombing 239
Robert J. Brym
23 Everyday Life, Routine Politics, and Protest 246
Javier Auyero
24 The Emotion Work of Movements 254
Deborah B. Gould
25 Tactical Repertoires: Same-Sex Weddings 266
Verta Taylor, Katrina Kimport, Nella Van Dyke, and Ellen Ann Andersen
Part VII How Do Movements Interact with Other Players? 283
26 Farmworkers' Movements in Changing Political Contexts 287
J. Craig Jenkins and Charles Perrow
27 Movements in the Media 302
Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, Sheera Joy Olasky, and James E. Stobaugh
28 What Shapes the West's Human Rights Focus? 317
James Ron, Howard Ramos, and Kathleen Rodgers
29 The Quest for International Allies 325
Clifford Bob
30 Global Corporations, Global Unions 335
Stephen Lerner
Part VIII Why Do Movements Decline? 343
31 The Decline of the Women's Movement 347
Barbara Epstein
32 The Dilemmas of Identity Politics 354
Joshua Gamson
33 The Repression/Protest Paradox in Central America 363
Charles D. Brockett
34 Counterinsurgency 370
Ian Roxborough
Part IX What Changes Do Movements Bring About? 379
35 Defining Movement "Success" 383
William A. Gamson
36 How Social Movements Matter 386
David S. Meyer
37 Environmental Justice 391
David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle
38 Understanding Revolutions: The Arab Uprisings 398
Jack A. Goldstone
39 Why Nonviolence Sometimes Fails: China in 1989 405
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
References for Part Introductions and Key Concepts 416
Index 419
About the author
Jeff Goodwin is Professor of Sociology at New York University. He is the author of
No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991 (2001).
James M. Jasper is Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written many books, including
The Animal Rights Crusade(1992) and
The Art of Moral Protest (1997), and
Getting Your Way (2006).
Together they have edited two previous editions of
The Social Movements Reader (2003, 2009)
Passionate Politics (2001) and
Contention in Context (2012).
Summary
Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world.
Report
As a new wave of protest is spreading globally, this expanded reader offers us important tools to understand why and how social movements emerge, develop and influence politics and society. Donatella Della Porta, European University Institute
This timely reader provides not only a comprehensive introduction for undergraduates and postgraduates studying social movements but also a shrewd global perspective, combining the best of classical literature in the field and contemporary theoretical and methodological concerns... an excellent text for anyone interested in understanding social conflicts. Olivier Fillieule, University of Lausanne Switzerland
