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23 - Social Movements

from IV - Civil Society: The Roots and Processes of Political Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2020

By
James M. Jasper
Edited by
Thomas Janoski ,
Cedric de Leon ,
Joya Misra  and
Isaac William Martin
Thomas Janoski
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Cedric de Leon
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Joya Misra
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Isaac William Martin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Summary

Political sociology and social movement studies are closely entwined. Modern scholarship on movements was born in the 1960s, when they were detached from fads, crowds, and other collective behavior, and instead came to be seen as a normal part of politics. Since then scholars have perceived social movements and protest as parallel to (and interacting with) parties and elections, often adopted by groups who are excluded from regular institutional channels as a means to pursue their material and ideal interests. The new paradigm at first focused on formal organizations, material resources, and political structures, and was very much a part of a broader political sociology newly enlivened by comparative and historical methods. Scholars such as Charles Tilly (1975, 1978) and Theda Skocpol (1979, 1992) were equally adept at discussing states and protests, partly because revolutions linked the two.

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social movementscollective behaviorcultureemotions
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The New Handbook of Political Sociology , pp. 627 - 645
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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