The social movements reader: cases and concepts

Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world. Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement Provides original texts, many of them classics in the field, which have been edited for the non-technical reader Combines the strengths of a reader and a textbook with selected readings and extensive editorial material Sidebars offer concise definitions of key terms, as well as biographies of famous activists and chronologies of several key movements Requires no prior knowledge about social movements or theories of social movements.

When and why do social movements occur?. The women's movement / Jo Freeman ; The gay liberation movement / John D'Emilio ; Occupy Wall Street / Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, and Penny Lewis ; The Egyptian revolution / Manuel Castells -- Who joins or supports movements?. The free-rider problem / Mancur Olson ; Recruits to civil rights activism / Doug McAdam ; Who are the radical Islamists? / Charles Kurzman ; Women's mobilization into the Salvadoran guerrilla army / Jocelyn S. Viterna -- Who remains in movements, who drops out, and why?. Generating commitment among students / Eric L. Hirsch ; Sustaining commitment among radical feminists / Nancy Whittier ; True believers and charismatic cults / Janja Lalich ; Are frames enough? / Charlotte Ryan and William A. Gamson ; The emotional benefits of insurgency in El Salvador / Elisabeth Jean Wood ; Classic protest songs : a list -- How are movements organized?. Social movement organizations / John D. McCarthy and Mayer N. Zald ; Transnational environmental activism / Paul Wapner ; The transnational network for democratic globalization / Jackie Smith ; Meeting arenas / Christoph Haug -- What do movements do?. Tactical innovation in the ci…