ISBN:
9781009219846
,
9781009219853
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 359 Seiten
,
Diagramme, Karten
Edition:
Revised and updated fourth edition
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tarrow, Sidney G Power in movement
DDC:
303.48/409
Keywords:
Social movements History
;
Collective behavior History
;
Social change History
Abstract:
"Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French and American revolutions to the post-Soviet, ethnic, and terrorist movements of today, contentious politics exercises a fleeting but powerful influence on politics, society, and international relations. This study surveys the modern history of the modern social movements in the West and their diffusion to the global South through war, colonialism, and diffusion, and it puts forward a theory to explain its cyclical surges and declines. It offers an interpretation of the power of movements that emphasizes effects on the lives of militants, policy reforms, political institutions, and cultural change. The book focuses on the rise and fall of social movements as part of contentious politics in general and as the outcome of changes in political opportunities and constraints, state strategy, the new media of communication, and transnational diffusion"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 302-342
