{"product_id":"waves-of-protest-social-movements-since-the-sixties-by-jo-freeman-victoria-johnson-paperback","title":"Waves Of Protest Social Movements Since The Sixties By Jo Freeman \u0026 Victoria Johnson Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eCondition: Like New, \u003cbr\u003eThere is some pencil marks on some pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed item info\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis\u003cbr\u003eThis text seeks to update and adds to Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement has grown and changed - from an earlier emphasis on collective behaviour, to the resource mobilization approach, and now to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and collective identity. The essays highlight recent US social movements in particular. The contributors include: David G. Bromley; John C. Green; James M. Jasper; Emily Stoper; Verta Taylor; and Frederick D. Miller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Identifiers\u003cbr\u003eISBN-10 0847687481\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13 9780847687480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKey Details\u003cbr\u003eNumber Of Pages 400 pages\u003cbr\u003eSeries People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P Ser.\u003cbr\u003eFormat Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date 1999-03-18\u003cbr\u003eLanguage English\u003cbr\u003ePublisher Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdditional Details\u003cbr\u003eSeries Volume Number Vol. 101\u003cbr\u003eCopyright Date 1999\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated Yes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions\u003cbr\u003eWeight 0 Oz\u003cbr\u003eHeight 1.2 In.\u003cbr\u003eWidth 5.9 In.\u003cbr\u003eLength 9 In.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTarget Audience\u003cbr\u003eGroup Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassification Method\u003cbr\u003eLCCN 98-051041\u003cbr\u003eLC Classification Number HN59.W34 1999\u003cbr\u003eDewey Decimal 303.48\/4\/0973\u003cbr\u003eDewey Edition 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Jo Freeman, Victoria Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003eA 'good read' sorely needed to fill a gap in the political science literature on social movements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wide range of movements are examined. Written in an accessible style, this book is aimed at students of social movements from undergradute level onwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFreeman, Johnson, and their fellow authors survey American social movements since the 1960s with enthusiasm and perspicacity, forcing us to recognize how movement activity has transformed American life over the last half-century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh, timely, and widely useful. . . . Readers are informed about a wide range of movements as well as given conceptual tools to analyze them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy students like this book. They tell me they plan to keep it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe current generation of political science students will appreciate the useful summaries and valuable analyses of movements' political strategies within the structures of the American political system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a highly useful and empirically rich collection that considers movements since the sixties as a protest wave. Indeed, the movements here are a tsunami of challenge and contention that will pique the interest of students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important contribution to the development of political thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWaves of Protest is excellent social science. It is well-written, empirical, and intellectually stimulating. The book will be useful for students and scholars of political science, sociology, and social movements, and for people interested in working in such movements. In comparison with other sociological treatments of organizational behavior, Waves of Protest provides theoretical breadth, new concepts about organizations, and substantive empirical results. It offers new understanding of recent U.S. social history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCertain data records © 2016 Bowker. Rights in cover images reserved by owners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publisher Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":25314962055,"sku":"","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1170\/6964\/products\/9780847687480_p0_v2_s192x300.jpg?v=1468951372","url":"https:\/\/gbcsales.com\/products\/waves-of-protest-social-movements-since-the-sixties-by-jo-freeman-victoria-johnson-paperback","provider":"GBC Sales ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}