Product Description

Social Movements is a comprehensive introduction and critical analysis of collective action in society today. In this new edition, the authors have updated all chapters with the most recent scientific literature, expanded on topics such as individual motivations, new media, public policies, and governance.

• Draws on research and empirical work across the social sciences to address the key questions in this international field.
  
• New edition expands on topics such as individual motivations, new media, public policies, and governance.
  
• Has been redesigned in a more user–friendly format.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151391 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Review
"A highly sophisticated and deeply insightful account of social movements."
Development and Change

“Della Porta and Diani have crafted an elegant and expansive volume that incisively focuses on all the field’s core issues. Using the global justice movement as the thread that pulls the new edition together is a welcome addition.” Hank Johnston, San Diego State University

“As in the first edition, the authors offer excellent framing of debates and issues in the field and thorough coverage of the literature. This is the most comprehensive text in the field and a must–read for serious students of social movements.” Verta Taylor, University of California, Santa Barbara

From the Back Cover
Social Movements is a comprehensive introduction and critical analysis of collective action in society today. In the latter part of the last century, social movements became a permanent feature of modern democracies. The students’ and workers’ protests of the 1960s have been followed by movements focusing on women’s rights, ethnic identities, peace and environmental issues. This book draws on research and empirical work across the social sciences to address the key questions in this international field.

In this new edition, the authors have updated all chapters with the most recent literature, and expanded on topics such as individual motivations, new media, public policies, and governance. The book has also been redesigned to a more user–friendly format. More than ever, Social Movements is the ideal introduction for students of social movements within social and political science.

About the Author
Donatella della Porta is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute. She is the author of Corrupt Exchanges: Actors, Resources, and Mechanisms of Political Corruption (1999), and Transnational Protest and Global Activism (2004).

Mario Diani is Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Trento. He is the coeditor of Beyond Tocqueville: The Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective (with Bob Edwards and Michael Foley, 2001) and Social Movements and Networks (with Doug McAdam, 2003)