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  • Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency

    1930–1970

    by Doug McAdam ...
    In this classic work of sociology, Doug McAdam presents a political-process model that explains the rise and decline of the black protest movement in the United States. Moving from theoretical concerns to empirical analysis, he focuses on the crucial role of three institutions that foster protest: black churches, black colleges, and Southern chapters of the NAACP. He concludes that political ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contemporary Social Movements

    Historical and Descriptive Accounts

    Edited by David A. Snow, Doug McAdam, Dana M. Moss ...
    Presents an essential guide to understanding the dynamics of today's global social movementsContemporary Social Movements: Descriptive & Historical Accounts responds to the urgent need for comprehensive, accessible overviews of the most consequential social movements shaping our world. Edited by renowned scholars in the field of social movements, this timely volume offers rich, empirically ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

    Political Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Cultural Framings

    Edited by Doug McAdam, John D. McCarthy, Mayer N. Zald ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Social movements such as environmentalism, feminism, nationalism, and the anti-immigration movement are a prominent feature of the modern world and have attracted increasing attention from scholars in many countries. Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements, first published in 1996, brings together a set of essays that focus upon mobilization structures and strategies, political opportunities, ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • From Contention to Democracy

    by William Gamson, Jack A. Goldstone, Michael Hanagan, Patricia L. Hispher, Timo Lyyra, Alberto Melucci, Florence Passy, Salvador A. M. Sandoval, Sidney Tarrow ...
    From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political and cultural change.Three broad types of movement-change nexus are ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Deeply Divided

    Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America

    by Doug McAdam, Karina Kloos ...
    By many measures--commonsensical or statistical--the United States has not been more divided politically or economically in the last hundred years than it is now. How have we gone from the striking bipartisan cooperation and relative economic equality of the war years and post-war period to the extreme inequality and savage partisan divisions of today? In this sweeping look at American politics ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Social Movements and American Political Institutions

    by Andrew S. McFarland, Lee Ann Banaszak, Jeffrey M. Berry, Paul Burstein, W Douglas Costain, Daniel M. Cress, Claude Dufour, John C. Green, James L. Guth0, Douglas R. Imig1, James P. Lester2, Mark I. Lichbach3, Michael W. McCann4, Oneida Meranto5, Deborah Schildkraut6, David A. Snow7, Laura R. Woliver8, Doug McAdam9, Sidney Tarrow0, Clyde Wilcox1 ...
    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    Social movements in the United States are important political actors because of their scale and duration, their generation of new ideas and understandings of existing problems, their ability to mobilize those who were previously passive citizens, and the impetus they provide for restructuring and broadening the agenda of American politics. This volume combines chapters by a distinguished group of ... Read more

    $55.09 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

  • Putting Social Movements in their Place

    Explaining Opposition to Energy Projects in the United States, 2000–2005

    by Doug McAdam, Hilary Boudet ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
    The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and 'movement-centric'. When combined with the tendency to select successful struggles for study, the conceptual and methodological conventions of the field conduce to a decidedly Ptolemaic view of social movements: one that exaggerates the ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Deeply Divided

    Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America

    by Doug McAdam, Karina Kloos ...
    By many measures--commonsensical or statistical--the United States has not been more divided politically or economically in the last hundred years than it is now. How have we gone from the striking bipartisan cooperation and relative economic equality of the war years and post-war period to the extreme inequality and savage partisan divisions of today? In this sweeping look at American politics ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Occupy the Future

    Edited by David Grusky, Doug McAdam, Rob Reich, Debra Satz ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    How the Occupy movement has challenged the gap between American principles and American practice—and how we can realize our most cherished ideals.The Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited new questions about the relationship between democracy and equality in the United States. Are we also entering a moment in history in which the disjuncture between our principles and our institutions is cast ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Theory of Fields

    by Neil Fligstein, Doug McAdam ...
    Finding ways to understand the nature of social change and social order-from political movements to market meltdowns-is one of the enduring problems of social science. A Theory of Fields draws together far-ranging insights from social movement theory, organizational theory, and economic and political sociology to construct a general theory of social organization and strategic action. In a work of ... Read more

    $32.39 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

    $55.09 USD