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Ideal for students, educators, and readers interested in social movements, activism, and contemporary global issues. No prior knowledge is required, making it suitable for those new to the subject as well as experienced scholars seeking a broad perspective.
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See moreProviding a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world.
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Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings, The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world.
Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab Spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement.
Provides original texts, many of them classics in the field, which have been edited for the non-technical reader.
Combines the strengths of a reader and a textbook with selected readings and extensive editorial material.
Sidebars offer concise definitions of key terms, as well as biographies of famous activists and chronologies of several key movements.
Requires no prior knowledge about social movements or theories of social movements.
Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology
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The Social Movements Reader
Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings, The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world. Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab Spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement. Provides original texts, many of them classics in the...Paperback$7599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
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ISBN: 9781118729793
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 December 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 3rd edition
Contributors:
- Edited by Jeff Goodwin
- Edited by James M. Jasper
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 241.0mm
Weight: 748g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Jeff Goodwin is Professor of Sociology at New York University. He is the author of No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991 (2001). James M. Jasper is Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written many books, including The Animal Rights Crusade(1992) and The Art of Moral Protest (1997), and Getting Your Way (2006). Together they have edited two previous editions of The Social Movements Reader (2003, 2009) Passionate Politics (2001) and Contention in Context (2012).
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