The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change

by Joseph E. Luders

Book Overview

Social movements have wrought dramatic changes upon American society. This observation necessarily raises the question: Why do some movements succeed in their endeavors while others fail? This book answers this question by introducing an analytical framework that begins with a shift in emphasis away from the characteristics of movements toward the targets of protests and affected bystanders, their interests, and why they respond as they do. Such a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521133394
• ISBN13: 9780521133395
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"