The Social Movements Reader

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Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology

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The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, offers a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary texts on social movements worldwide. It features key cases like the Arab Spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement, making complex theories accessible to all readers. The book blends essential readings with editorial insights, including biographies, definitions, and chronologies, to provide a well-rounded understanding of social activism.
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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.

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.

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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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INFORMATION

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

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology

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).

The Social Movements Reader