'Dynamics of Contention - written by three of the leading scholars of social movements and 'contentious politics' - is undoubtedly the most ambitious, and arguably the most important, book on social movements (and related phenomena) written in the past two decades.' Sociology
In recent decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other non-routine politics has flourished. And yet research on the topic remains highly fragmented, reflecting the influence of at least three traditional divisions. The first of these reflects the view that various forms of contention are distinct and should be studied independent of others. Separate literatures have developed around the study of social movements, revolutions and industrial conflict. A second approach to the study of political contention denies the possibility of general theory in deference to a grounding in the temporal and spatial particulars of any given episode of contention. The study of contentious politics are left to 'area specialists' and/or historians with a thorough knowledge of the time and place in question. Finally, overlaid on these two divisions are stylized theoretical traditions - structuralist, culturalist, and rationalist - that have developed largely in isolation from one another. This book was first published in 2001.
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Over the past two decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other forms of non-routine politics has flourished. Yet theory and research on the topic remains fragmented. The first of these divisions reflects that various forms of contention are distinct and should be studied independent of others.
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Part I. What's the Problem?: 1. What are they shouting about; 2. Lineaments of contention; 3. Comparisons, mechanisms, and episodes; Part II. Tentative Solutions: 4. Mobilizations in comparative perspective; 5. Contentious action; 6. Transformations of contention; Part III. Applications and Conclusions: 7. Revolutionary trajectories; 8. Nationalism, national disintegration, and contention; 9. Contentious democratization; 10. Conclusions.
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In recent decades the study of social movements, revolution and democratization has flourished. This book was first published in 2001.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521011877
Publisert
2001-09-10
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
550 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
412