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9781594518591 English 1594518599 How to Explain a Social Movement brings together essays written by Jeff Goodwin over the past twenty years, including several award-winning papers and a number of provocative new essays that reflect on the field of social-movement studies.The collected essays draw on a wide range of empirical cases to illustrate the authore(tm)s theoretical claims. Among these are the Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions, the Communist-led Huk rebellion in the Philippines, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and the gay and lesbian movement in the US.This book will interest and challenge students, teachers activists and general readers who want to learn more about social movements, revolutions and terrorism in the contemporary age., This is a collection writings by renowned sociologist Jeff Goodwin. It includes provocative new essays, reflecting on the field of social movement studies., This volume brings together essays written by Jeff Goodwin over the pasttwenty years, including several award-winning papers, with a number of provocative newessays that reflect on "the state of the art" in the field of social-movement studies. WhileGoodwin has been associated with intellectual movements that called for "bringing back" thestate and emotions into movement studies, he here calls for bringing back political economyinto the field. Among the questions addressed in this volume are:Why do revolutions occur when and where they do? Why do they turn out the way they do? Whydo some rebels use violence and even terrorism--that is, violence directed at ordinary,"innocent" people--to bring about social change? How do the networks, culture, and emotionsof actors shape collective action? And how do we explain social movements generally, thatis, sustained collective action that aims to bring about (or prevent) social change? Thecollected essays draw on a wide range of empirical cases to test and illustrate the author#146;stheoretical claims. Among these are the Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions, theCommunist-led Huk rebellion in the Philippines, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa,and the gay and lesbian movement in the U.S. The book#146;s titleessay, a general introduction to the study of social movements, is highly critical ofcontemporary movement studies. Goodwin shows how movement scholarship has lost its formerrobust connection with political economy and as a result has become increasingly superficialand ahistorical. More specifically, today#146;s movement scholars are not longer concerned, asthey once emphatically were, with how the dynamics of capitalism shape and constrain thepossibilities for transformative collective action. This volume hopes to change that. Itwill interest and challenge advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and sophisticatedgeneral readers who want to learn more about social movements, revolutions, and terrorism.
9781594518591 English 1594518599 How to Explain a Social Movement brings together essays written by Jeff Goodwin over the past twenty years, including several award-winning papers and a number of provocative new essays that reflect on the field of social-movement studies.The collected essays draw on a wide range of empirical cases to illustrate the authore(tm)s theoretical claims. Among these are the Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions, the Communist-led Huk rebellion in the Philippines, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and the gay and lesbian movement in the US.This book will interest and challenge students, teachers activists and general readers who want to learn more about social movements, revolutions and terrorism in the contemporary age., This is a collection writings by renowned sociologist Jeff Goodwin. It includes provocative new essays, reflecting on the field of social movement studies., This volume brings together essays written by Jeff Goodwin over the pasttwenty years, including several award-winning papers, with a number of provocative newessays that reflect on "the state of the art" in the field of social-movement studies. WhileGoodwin has been associated with intellectual movements that called for "bringing back" thestate and emotions into movement studies, he here calls for bringing back political economyinto the field. Among the questions addressed in this volume are:Why do revolutions occur when and where they do? Why do they turn out the way they do? Whydo some rebels use violence and even terrorism--that is, violence directed at ordinary,"innocent" people--to bring about social change? How do the networks, culture, and emotionsof actors shape collective action? And how do we explain social movements generally, thatis, sustained collective action that aims to bring about (or prevent) social change? Thecollected essays draw on a wide range of empirical cases to test and illustrate the author#146;stheoretical claims. Among these are the Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions, theCommunist-led Huk rebellion in the Philippines, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa,and the gay and lesbian movement in the U.S. The book#146;s titleessay, a general introduction to the study of social movements, is highly critical ofcontemporary movement studies. Goodwin shows how movement scholarship has lost its formerrobust connection with political economy and as a result has become increasingly superficialand ahistorical. More specifically, today#146;s movement scholars are not longer concerned, asthey once emphatically were, with how the dynamics of capitalism shape and constrain thepossibilities for transformative collective action. This volume hopes to change that. Itwill interest and challenge advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and sophisticatedgeneral readers who want to learn more about social movements, revolutions, and terrorism.