Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach

Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach
ISBN-10
0271007567
ISBN-13
9780271007564
Series
Social Movements
Category
Social Science
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Penn State Press
Authors
Ron Eyerman, Andrew Jamison

Description

This book offers a new approach to the study of social movements. Integrating American and European approaches, Eyerman and Jamison argue that social movements are forms of activity whereby individuals create new kinds of social identities not only for themselves but for the societies of which they form a part. They examine the success and failure of social movements in comparative terms, both between historical periods and political cultures, giving special attention to the American civil rights movement, environmental movements, and recent form of collective protest in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The result is a study which develops major theoretical innovations as well as integrating a wide range of empirical material.

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