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Rethinking Social Movements

Structure, Meaning, and Emotion

Rethinking Social Movements( )
Editor: Goodwin, Jeff
Jasper, James M.
Contribution by: Goodwin, Jeff
Jasper, James M.
Ferree, Myra Marx
Flacks, Richard
Ganz, Marshall
Gould, Deborah B.
Koopmans, Ruud
Kurzman, Charles
McAdam, Doug
Merrill, David A.
Meyer, David S.
Morris, Aldon
Polletta, Francesca
Steinberg, Marc W
Tarrow, Sidney
Tilly, Charles
Series title:People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7425-2595-5
Publication Date:Oct 2003
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $144.00
Book Description:

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 social sciences at large. This book aims to further the dialogue between these two distinct approaches to social...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: History / Social History
Social Science / Sociology / General
Psychology / Emotions
Political Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.2 x 9.28 x 0.96 Inches
Book Weight:1.16 Pounds
Author Biography
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Social scientist Charles Tilly was born in Lombard, Illinois on May 27, 1929. He graduated from Harvard Univeristy with a bachelor's degree in 1950 and a docorate in sociology in 1958. He also studied at Oxford University and the Catholic University in Angers, France. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy. He taught sociology and political science at numerous univeristies including the University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan and Columbia University. During his lifetime, he wrote 51 books and monographs and more than 600 scholoarly articles. He received numerous awards including the Albert O. Hirschman Award from the Social Science Research Council. He died from lymphoma on April 29, 2008.

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