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Social movement theory is an interdisciplinary study within the social sciences that generally seeks to explain why social mobilization occurs, the forms under which it manifests, as well as potential social, cultural, political, and economic consequences, such as the creation and functioning of social movements.
The British Journal of Sociology. 11 (1): 92– 93. doi:10.2307/587051. ISSN 0007-1315. JSTOR 587051. Coser, Lewis A. (1960). "Review of Social Bandits and Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movements in the 19th and 20th Centuries". American Sociological Review. 25 (6): 988– 989. doi:10.2307/2090015. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR ...
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change is a peer-reviewed book series that covers sociological research on social conflict, social movements, collective behavior, and social change. The journal also publishes reviews of books on these topics. It was established in 1977 and is published by Emerald Group Publishing.
ASA section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements; Mobilization journal; Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Changejournal; Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest; Interface: a Journal For and About Social Movements; Social Movements: A Summary of What Works (pdf)
The term new social movements (NSMs) is a theory of social movements that attempts to explain the plethora of new movements that have come up in various western societies roughly since the mid-1960s (i.e. in a post-industrial economy) which are claimed to depart significantly from the conventional social movement paradigm. [1]
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. [1] [2] This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one.
This provoked a major backlash among Social Movement Theorists, and the idea that organization in social movements is harmful has been largely discredited. [3] [4] [5] They also argue that social movement organizations will be most successful when there is a divide among the elites, and some elites are forced to side with the poor. This was ...
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