Democracy and Participation: Popular Protest and New Social MovementsMalcolm J. Todd, Gary Taylor Merlin, 2004 - 345 pages An ideal introduction for undergraduate students of social movements in courses on sociology, social policy and political theory with a focus on collective action and social protest. The book provides accessible theoretical readings and case studies of particular movements concerned with women's rights, ethnicity and 'race', disability, peace, anti-privatization. It explores issues of youth and political involvement, free speech and unemployment and the role of voluntary and community groups in challenging traditional perspectives on democracy. There are contributions from writers at the cutting edge of recent empirical and theoretical work in these areas. Competition: Many texts focus on sociological approaches: (Nick Crossley, Making Sense of Social Movements, D Della Porta and M Siani, Social Movements: an Introduction; S Buechler, Social Movements in Advanced Capitalism). Our text will provide students with an accessible, clear and comprehensive introduction and critical analysis of new social movements and new social movements theory. |
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Page 88
... structures so central to mainstream political life . - This absence of a supporting bureaucracy leads onto an important theo- retical issue . For in conventional politics a distinction is usually drawn between the decisional and ...
... structures so central to mainstream political life . - This absence of a supporting bureaucracy leads onto an important theo- retical issue . For in conventional politics a distinction is usually drawn between the decisional and ...
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... structural features of contemporary societies in generating and sustaining social movements . These are structural strains , mobilising structures and societal opportunity structures . Structural strains arise from processes of ...
... structural features of contemporary societies in generating and sustaining social movements . These are structural strains , mobilising structures and societal opportunity structures . Structural strains arise from processes of ...
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... structures and procedures that make much more likely the fostering of commercial activ- ity in the provision of services . The principle of the ' enabler state ' con- tracting for services from a range of competing suppliers in the ...
... structures and procedures that make much more likely the fostering of commercial activ- ity in the provision of services . The principle of the ' enabler state ' con- tracting for services from a range of competing suppliers in the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
New Social Movements and Democracy | 29 |
Anti Globalisation Anti Capitalism and the Democratic State | 55 |
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