Strategies for Social Change
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Strategies for Social Change
By (Author) Gregory M. Maney
Edited by Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum
Edited by Deana A. Rohlinger
Edited by Jeff Goodwin
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st July 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
303.4
Physical Properties
Paperback
360
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 36mm
Description
The theory and practice of social movements come together in strategywhether, why, and how people can realize their visions of another world by acting together. Strategies for Social Change offers a concise definition of strategy and a framework for differentiating between strategies. Specific chapters address microlevel decision-making processes and creativity, coalition building in Northern Ireland, nonviolent strategies for challenging repressive regimes, identity politics, GLBT rights, the Christian right in Canada and the United States, land struggles in Brazil and India, movement-media publicity, and corporate social movement organizations.
Contributors: Jessica Ayo Alabi, Orange Coast College; Kenneth T. Andrews, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Anna-Liisa Aunio, U of Montreal; Linda Blozie; Tina Fetner, McMaster U; James M. Jasper, CUNY; Karen Jeffreys; David S. Meyer, U of California, Irvine; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Francesca Polletta, U of California, Irvine; Belinda Robnett, U of California, Irvine; Charlotte Ryan, U of MassachusettsLowell; Carrie Sanders, Wilfrid Laurier U; Kurt Schock, Rutgers U; Jackie Smith, U of Pittsburgh; Suzanne Staggenborg, U of Pittsburgh; Stellan Vinthagen, U West, Sweden; Nancy Whittier, Smith College.
Author Bio
Gregory M. Maney is professor of sociology at Hofstra University.
Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Deana A. Rohlinger is associate professor of sociology at Florida State University.
Jeff Goodwin is professor of sociology at New York University.
