From Contention to Democracy: : William Gamson: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

From Contention to Democracy

Description

From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political and cultural change.

Three broad types of movement-change nexus are distinguished and discussed: incorporation, transformation, and democratization. The chapters in this book all point to the place of social movements in relation to these three processes of change, while discussing the history and well-known events of social movements. Individual occurrences such as the protest of French students in 1968 or Chilean shantytown dwellers are examined. The final essay looks ahead, wondering: what is the future of social movements?

Chapter 1 Introduction: Social Movements and Chance: Incorporation, Transformation/ and Democratization
Part 2 Incorporation
Chapter 3 Social Movements: Incorporation, Disengagement, and Opportunities: A Long View
Chapter 4 Social Protest and Policy Reform: May 1868 and the Loi d'Orientation in France
Chapter 5 Social Movements and Cultural Change
Part 6 Transformation
Chapter 7 Contentious Politics in Complex Societies: New Social Movements Between Conflict and Cooperation
Chapter 8 To Move Mountains: Collective Action and the Possibility of Institutional Chance
Chapter 9 Social Movements or Revolutions? On the Evolution and Outcomes of Collective Action
Part 10 Democratization
Chapter 11 Democratic Transitions and Social Movements Outcomes: The Chilean Shantytown Dwellers' Movement in Comparative Perspective
Chapter 12 Social Movements and the Democratization Process in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America
Chapter 13 Collective Action, Change, and Democracy: Do Social Movements Still Matter?
Chapter 14 Conclusion: The Future of Social Movements

Product details

Published	03 Sep 1998
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	312
ISBN	9780742580893
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Marco G. Giugni

Anthology Editor

Doug McAdam

Anthology Editor

Charles Tilly

Contributor

William Gamson

Contributor

Jack A. Goldstone

Contributor

Michael Hanagan

Contributor

Patricia L. Hispher

Contributor

Timo Lyyra

Contributor

Alberto Melucci

Contributor

Florence Passy

Contributor

Salvador A. M. Sandoval

Contributor

Sidney Tarrow

This is a good book. It advances our understanding of social movements.

International Social Science Review
The book succeeds in addressing an important deficit in the literature by bringing specific theoretical issues on social movement outcomes out from behind the shadow of research on movement origins. . . . this is a joint venture with an intellectual purpose behind it that is sustained throughout the volume.

Canadian Journal of Political Science