Putting Social Movements in Their Place

Putting Social Movements in Their Place
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Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 1139380362
ISBN-13 : 9781139380362
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Book Synopsis Putting Social Movements in Their Place by : Professor of Sociology Doug McAdam

Download or read book Putting Social Movements in Their Place written by Professor of Sociology Doug McAdam and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and 'movement-centric'. When combined with the tendency to select successful struggles for study, the conceptual and methodological conventions of the field conduce to a decidedly Ptolemaic view of social movements: one that exaggerates the frequency and causal significance of movements as a form of politics. This book reports the results of a comparative study, not of movements, but of communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. In stark contrast to the central thrust of the social movement literature, the authors find that the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects has been very low, and they seek to explain that variation and the impact, if any, it had on the ultimate fate of the proposed projects.


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