Social Movements

by Suzanne Staggenborg and Howard Ramos

Book Overview

Social movements around the world have used a wide variety of protest tactics to bring about enormous social changes, influencing cultural arrangements, public opinion, and government policies in the process. This concise yet in-depth primer provides a broad overview of theoretical issues in the study of social movements, illustrating key concepts with a series of case studies. It offers engaging analyses of the protest cycle of the 1960s, the women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195375084
• ISBN13: 9780195375084
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 6.1"