The Social Movement Society by David S. Meyer, Sidney Tarrow,... - 9780847685417

The Social Movement SocietyContentious Politics for a New Century\nAuthor(s): David S. Meyer, Sidney Tarrow, Matthew Crozat, Patricia L. Hipsher, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Margaret E. Keck, Bert Klandermans, Jan Kubik, John D. McCarthy, Clark McPhail\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9780847685417, 978-0847685417\nSynopsis\nIs there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the [url] and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and the ways in which it continues to change the societies in which it is prevalent.