Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization

by Paul Almeida

Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the core components of social movements, the theory and methods used to study them, and the conditions under which they can lead to political and social transformation. This fully class-tested book is the first to be organized along the lines of the major subfields of social movement scholarship—framing, movement emergence, recruitment, and outcomes—to provide comprehensive coverage in a single core text. Features of real data collected in the U.S. and around the worldthe emphasis on student learning outcomescase studies that bring social movements to lifeexamples of cultural repertoires used by movements (flyers, pamphlets, event data on activist websites, illustrations by activist musicians) to mobilize a grouptopics such as immigrant rights, transnational movement for climate justice, Women's Marches, Fight for $15, Occupy Wall Street, Gun Violence, Black Lives Matter, and the mobilization of popular movements in the global South on issues of authoritarian rule and neoliberalism With this book, students deepen their understanding of movement dynamics, methods of investigation, and dominant theoretical perspectives, all while being challenged to consider their own place in relation to social movements.

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Justice, Sociology, Activism, Theory, School, Politics

236 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 5, 2019

Reviews

[Sarah Nustad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall good introduction to collective mobilization and its' history but written from a white, westernized lens

[Begum Zorlu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sosyal hareketlerin dünya siyasetindeki etkisi her geçen gün daha belirgin bir hale geliyor. Kaliforniya Üniversitesinde öğretim görevlisi olan Paul Almeida’nın son kitabı da son yıllarda Trump Karşıtı mobilizasyon ve kadın hareketi gibi sosyal hareketlerden yola çıkarak akademik literatürün ele aldığı teorik ve metodolojik soruları tartışıp, vakalar aracılığı ile onları tanıtıyor. Kitabın bir bölümü "tehdit" kavramının aktörleri harekete geçirme potansiyeli olduğunun altını çiziyor ve farklı tehdit türlerini tartışıyor. Bence kitabın temel eksikliği, demokratik olmayan rejimler bölümünün sınırlı olması ve seçtiği vakaların ona odaklanmaması. Yine de bu kitap hem literatüre yeni başlayanlar için hem de lisans seviyesinde kullanım için ideal bir kaynak.

[Erkan Saka · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a real textbook. Anyone interested in the social movements literature should have a look at this book.

[Durga Valentina Linares Herrera · Rating 4 out of 5]

ok no lo terminé de leer pero revisé varios capítulos por el curso de movimientos y conflictos sociales. dudo q lo termine así q 4 de 5.