Social Movements: Critiques, Concepts, Case Studies

by Stanford M. Lyman

Book Overview

Social movements have shown themselves to be one of the most dramatic and effective forms of political action. America, founded as the result of a challenge to one kind of political order, has been, in part, recreated as a result of movements of collective protest.
Social movements continue to arise in America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the present age, when such social movements abound, it is crucial to investigate the theoretical similarities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814750869
• ISBN13: 9780814750865
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.5"