Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach

by Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271007567
• ISBN13: 9780271007564
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"