Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 408 pages
- Published by: Wiley-Blackwell February 14, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0631221964
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0631221968
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Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
‘This reader makes organizing an engaging course on social movements easy by offering a great selection of classics along with some lesser-known works. Goodwin and Jasper picked and edited judiciously to give students the core arguments from a wide range of books and articles from the 1970s to Seattle, and the organization is coherent and helpful. They also offer great framing of the debates and issues in the field in their lucid and crisp introductions.’
Myra Marx Ferree, University of Wisconsin <!--end-->
‘This comprehensive collection of contemporary readings makes the field of social movements readily accessible to the widest possible audience. Goodwin and Jasper thoughtfully organize the reader's case studies around nine core questions, each preceded by a cogent, informative introduction.’
Rob Benford, Southern Illinois University Carbondale‘Goodwin and Jasper have insightfully compiled a collection of published work that provide answers to nine major questions on social movements, while simultaneously illuminating a number of movements that have been significant vehicles of challenge and change in the U.S. – and elsewhere – during the latter half of the past century. By informing understanding of central concepts and questions, as well as selected cases, in the study of social movements, this volume makes for a valuable addition to the menu of scholarly work targeted for the classroom.’
David Snow, University of California at Irvine'This reader makes organizing an engaging course on social movements easy by offering a great selection of classics along with some lesser-known works. Goodwin and Jasper picked and edited judiciously to give students the core arguments from a wide range of books and articles from the 1970s to Seattle, and the organization is coherent and helpful. They also offer great framing of the debates and issues in the field in their lucid and crisp introductions.' Myra Marx Ferree, University of Wisconsin 'This comprehensive collection of contemporary readings makes the field of social movements readily accessible to the widest possible audience. Goodwin and Jasper thoughtfully organize the reader's case studies around nine core questions, each preceded by a cogent, informative introduction.' Rob Benford, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 'Goodwin and Jasper have insightfully compiled a collection of published work that provide answers to nine major questions on social movements, while simultaneously illuminating a number of movements that have been significant vehicles of challenge and change in the U.S. - and elsewhere - during the latter half of the past century. By informing understanding of central concepts and questions, as well as selected cases, in the study of social movements, this volume makes for a valuable addition to the menu of scholarly work targeted for the classroom.' David Snow, University of California at Irvine
Product Description
The Social Movements Reader is an extensive collection of the key classic and contemporary readings on the origins, organization, dynamics, and effects of social movements.
- Contains 33 concise essays by leading scholars on the origins, organizations, influences, and development of social movements.
- Collects both classic and contemporary readings on social movements.
- Provides several case studies including articles on labor, civil rights, women, the environment, religion, and politics.
- Includes editorial introductions, chronologies, and definitions of key terms to give further insight and direction.
Reader ReviewsI had purchased this book for a class. The readings are very dry and hard to get through for that reason. While it is informative and occasionally interesting I would have not purchased idependently.
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