Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines

This book aims to revisit the interdisciplinary roots of social movement studies. Each discipline raises its own questions and approaches the subject from a different angle or perspective. The chapters of this handbook are written by internationally renowned scholars representing the various disciplines involved. They each review the approach their sector has developed and discuss their disciplines' contributions and insights to the knowledge of social movements. Furthermore, each chapter addresses the "unanswered questions" and discusses the overlaps with other fields as well as reviewing the interdisciplinary advances so far.

List of contents

Introduction: Richness of Perspectives.- Disciplinary Approaches to Collective Behavior.- Political Science: The Political Behavior of Social Movements: Movement Strategies.- How Political Structures Affect Mobilization Patterns.- Sociology: Structuralist chapter.- Culturalist chapter.- Social Psychology: Why and Whom: Motivation.- Collective Identity.- Interaction within Movements.- Anthropology: Culture and Movements: How Culture Affects Movements.- Social Movement (sub)cultures.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bert Klandermans (Editor), Conny Roggeband (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2010
• EAN: 9780387765808
• ISBN: 978-0-387-76580-8
• No. of pages: 326
• Weight: 606 g
• Illustrations: 14 SW-Abb., 12 Tabellen
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research; Handbooks of Sociology and Soc; Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology