Foreword by Mayer N. Zald
Introduction
Part I: Classical Approaches
1 Marx and Lenin
The Context
The Alienation of Labor
The Labor Theory of Value
Surplus Value and Exploitation
Contradictions and Crises
Class Formation
Lenin’s Ghost
Lessons from Marx
2 Weber and Michels
The Context
The Protestant Ethic
The Science of Sociology
Types of Authority
Implications for Social Movements
Michels’s Contributions
The Weberian Legacy
3 Durkheim and Le Bon
The Context
The Division of Labor
The Sociology of Suicide
The Role of Religion
Implications for Movements
Le Bon’s Crowd
Durkheim’s Legacy
Part II: Traditional Theories
4 The Two Chicago Schools
The Context
Park and Burgess
Blumer’s Collective Behavior
The Context Revisited
Turner and Killian
Other Exemplars
Conclusion
5 Political Sociology and Political Movements
The Context
A European Import
Lipset’s Political Sociology
Confronting Totalitarianism
On Dictatorship and Democracy
Conclusion
6 Strain and Deprivation Models
The Context
Chicago Revisited
Relative Deprivation
Smelser’s Functionalist Approach
Later Exemplars
Conclusion
Part III Paradigm Shifts
7 Resource Mobilization Approaches
The Context
Early Strands of Resource Mobilization
The Consolidation (and Fracturing) of a New Paradigm
The Paradigm Elaborated
Conclusion
8 Political Process Theory
The Context
Tilly’s Analysis
McAdams Model
Tarrow’s Embellishments
Conclusion
9 Framing and Social Construction
The Context
Politicizing Discontent
Framing Tasks
Movements and Media
The Social Construction of Protest
Conclusion
10 New Social Movement Theories
The Context
Some Major Themes
European Exemplars and Debates
Meluccis Analysis
Conclusion
Part IV: Recent Trends
11 Alternatives, Critiques, and Synthesis?
The Context
Some Alternative Theoretical Threads
Paradigmatic Debates and Critiques
An Attempted Synthesis
Conclusion
12 Contentious Dynamics and Passionate Politics
The Context
Dynamics of Contention7
Critiques and Permutations
Bringing Culture Back In
Passionate Politics
Conclusion
13 New Directions
The Context
Structural Permutations
Cultural Embellishments
Synthesis 2.0?
Movements in Cyberspace
Transnational Activism
Conclusion
Epilogue
References
Index
About the Author
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