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Social movements : a theoretical approach /

"This treatise offers a theoretically informed approach to social movements as a phenomenon of modern societies. It combines three basic perspectives: interactionist, constructivist, and process-oriented (ICP-approach). The overall ambition is to link the analysis of social movements to general...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rucht, Dieter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Social movements > Philosophy.
Mouvements sociaux > Philosophie.
Political.
PHILOSOPHY.
History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Political Process.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Social movements > Philosophy
Sociology & anthropology.
Society.
social movements.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1. Introduction to the Concept of Social Movement
  • 1.1 An Episode in Light of a Theoretical Approach
  • 1.2 Three Lenses to Look at Social Movements
  • 1.3 Delineating the Object under Study
  • 1.4 Frequently Asked Conceptual Questions
  • 1.5 Summary
  • 2. General Sociological Foundations
  • 2.1 Three Problematic Dichotomies
  • 2.2 Elements of a Theory of Society
  • 2.3 Types of Social Action
  • 2.4 Systems and Fields
  • 2.5 Lifeworld
  • 2.6 Exchanges between Systems and Lifeworld
  • 2.7 The Public Sphere as a Third Domain
  • 2.8 Excursus: Civil Society
  • 2.9 Summary
  • 3. Social Movements as Actors and Systems
  • 3.1 The Status of Social Movements
  • 3.2 Functions of Social Movements
  • 3.3 Strategic and Communicative Action
  • 3.4 Mobilizing and Protesting as Communication
  • 3.5 Challenges Social Movements are Facing
  • 3.6 Summary
  • 4. The External Dimension
  • 4.1 Staging Public Protest: Strategies and Tactics
  • 4.2 Getting Public Attention and Support
  • 4.3 Ideology and External Framing
  • 4.4 Building Alliances
  • 4.5 Protest Politics and Other Forms of Pressure
  • 4.6 Power Of and Power Against Movements
  • 4.7 Conflict Issues and Conflict Patterns
  • 4.8 Summary
  • 5. The Internal Dimension
  • 5.1 Recruiting, Internal Mobilizing, Internal Framing
  • 5.2 Structuring and Organizing
  • 5.3 Collecting Information
  • 5.4 Strengthening Collective Identity
  • 5.5 Decision-making, Leadership, and Power in Movements
  • 5.6 Summary
  • 6. The Historical and Process Dimension
  • 6.1 Insurgencies and Social Movements in a Long-term Perspective
  • 6.2 Societal Formations and Social Movements
  • 6.3 Social Movements in Transition Periods
  • 6.4 Movement Dynamics and Waves
  • 6.5 Linking the External and Internal Dimension
  • 6.6 Summary
  • 7. Outcomes of Social Movements
  • 7.1 Conceptualizing Movement Outcomes
  • 7.2 Explanatory Attempts and their Difficulties
  • 7.3 The Micro-Macro Link to Explaining Social Change
  • 7.4 Lessons for Theory Building and Methodology
  • 7.5 Summary
  • 8. Back to the Theoretical Approach
  • 8.1 Toward the Integration of Three Perspectives
  • 8.2 Putting the ICP-Approach into Perspective
  • 8.3 Demands on the Researcher
  • 8.4 Taking Scontentparak: What Do We Know?
  • 8.5 Tasks for Further Research
  • References
  • Index