Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action and Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action and Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) image
ISBN-10:

0521410797

ISBN-13:

9780521410793

Author(s): Tarrow, Sidney
Released: Jul 29, 1994
Format: Hardcover, 265 pages
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Description:

From the French and American Revolutions through the democratic and workers' movements of the nineteenth century to the totalitarian movements of today, social movements exercise a fleeting but powerful influence on politics and society. This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasizes its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organizational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasizes the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure.

























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