This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasizes its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture.
It offers an interpretation of the power of movements that emphasizes effects on the lives of militants, policy reforms, political institutions and cultural change. 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 data will be updated every 24 hours.Usage data cannot currently be displayed.Full text views reflects the number of PDF downloads, PDFs sent to Google Drive, Dropbox and Kindle and HTML full text views for chapters in this book.Note you can select to send to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations.‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be sent to your device when it is connected to wi-fi.‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches". While covering cultural, organizational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasizes the rise and fall of … Book summary views reflect the number of visits to the book and chapter landing pages.‘ … a fine achievement. Chapter; Aa; Aa; Get access. If others can build upon Tarrow’s work with the same mixture of intellectual generosity, patience, and breadth, then the future of social movement scholarship is on firm ground.’Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book to your organisation's collection.Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. 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 … Power in Movement. This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasises its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organisational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasises the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure. This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasises its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organisational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasises the rise and fall of social …