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  • A Peaceful Superpower

    Lessons from the World's Largest Antiwar Movement

    by David Cortright ...
    A definitive analysis of the impacts of the Iraq antiwar movementAs the Bush administration prepared to wage war against Iraq, millions of people in the United States and around the world took to the streets to warn against the impending disaster. It was the largest wave of antiwar protest in history. This is the story of those dramatic events, told by distinguished peace scholar and activist ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter

    by David S. Meyer ...
    People protest to try to change the world, because they think they can help change the world, and sometimes they do. But not by themselves, and generally not just how and when they want.This incisive book explains how groups of ordinary individuals can affect the world, what makes it possible when it works, and why it sometimes doesn't go to plan. Digging into previous scholarship on social ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • The Resistance

    The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement

    Edited by David S. Meyer, Sidney Tarrow ...
    Even before the 2016 presidential election took place, groups and individuals angry at Donald Trump, and frightened about what a Trump presidency could mean, were taking to the streets. After the election, and particularly after he inaugural, the protests continued. Over time, the Resistance was joined by a broad variety of groups and embraced an increasing diversity of tactics. In The Resistance, ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Waves of Protest

    Social Movements Since the Sixties

    by Abigail Halcli, Suzanne Staggenborg, Emily Stoper, Diana Gay Cutchin, Luther P. Gerlach, John C. Green, Eric L. Hirsch, J Craig Jenkins, Roberta Ann Johnson, David S. Meyer, Frederick D. Miller, Nancy E. Whittier, David G. Bromley, James M. Jasper, Doug McAdam, Verta Taylor ...
    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed-from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and collective identity. Top social scientists combine insiders' insights with critical analyses to ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Social Movement Society

    Contentious Politics for a New Century

    by David S. Meyer, Matthew Crozat, Patricia L. Hipsher, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Margaret E. Keck, Bert Klandermans, Jan Kubik, Clark McPhail, Johan Olivier, Donatella Della Porta0, Herbert Reiter1, Marlene Roefs2, Dieter Rucht3, John D. McCarthy4, Kathryn Sikkink5 ...
    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Social Movements

    Identity, Culture, and the State

    Edited by David S. Meyer, Nancy Whittier, Belinda Robnett ...
    hy do social movements take the forms they do? How do activists' efforts and beliefs interact with the cultural and political contexts in which they work? Why do activists take particular strategic paths, and how do their strategies affect the course and impact of the movement? Social Movements aims to bridge the gap between "political opportunities" theorists who look at the circumstances and ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Understanding the Tea Party Movement

    by Nella Van Dyke ...
    Series series The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
    Hailing themselves as heirs to the American Revolution, the Tea Party movement staged tax day protests in over 750 US cities in April 2009, quickly establishing a large and volatile social movement. Tea Partiers protested at town hall meetings about health care across the country in August, leading to a large national demonstration in Washington on September 12, 2009. The movement spurred the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The U.S. Women's Movement in Global Perspective

    by Lisa Baldez, Maryann Barakso, Jo Freeman, Joyce Gelb, Carol Nechemias, Jo Reger, Belinda Robnett, Deana Rohlinger, Barbara Ryan, Suzanne Staggenborg, David S. Meyer, Nancy E. Whittier, Celeste Montoya ...
    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    This ambitious volume brings together original essays on the U.S. women's movement with analyses of women's movements in other countries around the world. A comparative perspective and a common theme-feminism in social movement action-unite these voices in a way that will excite students and inspire further research. From the grassroots to the global, the significance of the U.S women's movement ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Rethinking Social Movements

    Structure, Meaning, and Emotion

    by Jeff Goodwin, Richard Flacks, Marshall Ganz, Deborah B. Gould, Ruud Koopmans, Charles Kurzman, David A. Merrill, David S. Meyer, Francesca Polletta, Marc W. Steinberg0, Myra Marx Ferree1, James M. Jasper2, Doug McAdam4, Aldon Morris5, Sidney Tarrow6, Charles Tilly7 ...
    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural approach and a cultural or constructivist tradition. The gaps and misunderstandings between the two sides-as well as the efforts to bridge them-closely parallel those in the discipline of sociology at large. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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  • Foundations of the American Century

    The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power

    by Inderjeet Parmar ...
    Inderjeet Parmar reveals the complex interrelations, shared mindsets, and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony. Focusing on the involvement of the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations in U.S. foreign affairs, Parmar traces the transformation of America from an "isolationist" nation into the world's only superpower, all in ... Read more

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  • The Lost Soul of Higher Education

    Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University

    by Ellen Schrecker ...
    The professor and historian delivers a major critique of how political and financial attacks on the academy are undermining our system of higher education.Making a provocative foray into the public debates over higher education, acclaimed historian Ellen Schrecker argues that the American university is under attack from two fronts. On the one hand, outside pressure groups have staged massive ... Read more

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  • Feminism Seduced

    How Global Elites Use Women's Labor and Ideas to Exploit the World

    by Hester Eisenstein ...
    In a pioneering reinterpretation of the role of mainstream feminism, Eisenstein shows how the ruling elites of developed countries utilize women's labor and the ideas of women's liberation and empowerment to maintain their economic and political power, both at home and abroad. Her explorations range from the abolition of "welfare as we know it" and the ending of the family wage in the United ... Read more

    $59.99 USD