Bourdieu and Social Movements - Ideological Struggles in the British Anti-Capitalist Movement

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Ibrahim is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research interests are in social theory, political and social movements, ideology, and social network analysis. He has published a number of journal articles on British anti-capitalism and the student protest movement. Klappentext In this book, Ibrahim employs Bourdieu's key concepts in order to explain the complex dynamics of social movements by detailing the key stages of development of, and ideological conflict between, 21st century British anti-capitalist organizations, and their interactions with wider social and political forces. Zusammenfassung In this book! Ibrahim employs Bourdieu's key concepts in order to explain the complex dynamics of social movements by detailing the key stages of development of! and ideological conflict between! 21st century British anti-capitalist organizations! and their interactions with wider social and political forces. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: A New Era of Social Movement Analysis: A Bourdieusian Approach 2. Anti-neoliberalism and British Anti-capitalism 3. Towards a New Theory of Social Movement Practice 4. Political Distinction and the Reflexive Anti-capitalist Habitus 5. Fields of Struggle: Ideological Competition and Conflict 6. A Very British Coup: Transforming Fields Through Superior Capital 7. The Occupy Movement: a Crisis of Doxa 8. Conclusion

List of contents

1. Introduction: A New Era of Social Movement Analysis: A Bourdieusian Approach
2. Anti-neoliberalism and British Anti-capitalism
3. Towards a New Theory of Social Movement Practice
4. Political Distinction and the Reflexive Anti-capitalist Habitus
5. Fields of Struggle: Ideological Competition and Conflict
6. A Very British Coup: Transforming Fields Through Superior Capital
7. The Occupy Movement: a Crisis of Doxa
8. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Ibrahim
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137371027
• ISBN: 978-1-137-37102-7
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology; Palgrave Studies in European P; Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology; Palgrave Studies in European P
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Social Inequality, Social Theory, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Political Theory, Social & ethical issues, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Sociology, general, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Sociology: work & labour, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection