What Is a Social Movement?

(Part of the What is Sociology? Series)

by Hank Johnston

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Social movements play a central role in the scope and direction of social change. They were instrumental in the creation of the modern state and, today, are major forces in politics and culture. Environmentalism, gay rights, alterglobalization, and Islamic fundamentalism are all movements with far-reaching impacts on contemporary society.

What is a Social Movement? traces how the study of movements such as these - of their structures,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0745660851

ISBN13:9780745660851

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Polity Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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