Social Movements and Protest Politics

This fully revised and updated edition of Social Movements and Protest Politics provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the sociology of protest movements. It considers major theories and concepts, which are presented in a clear, accessible, and engaging format.

Autorentext

Greg Martin teaches criminology at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. He has published widely in criminology, law, and sociology. He is the author of Crime, Media and Culture (Routledge, 2019), and a co-editor of Secrecy, Law and Society (Routledge, 2015) and The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology. He is the founding co-editor of the book series Emerald Studies in Activist Criminology, an associate editor of Crime Media Culture, and a member of the editorial boards of Social Movement Studies and The Sociological Review.

Klappentext

This fully revised and updated edition of Social Movements and Protest Politics provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the sociology of protest movements. It considers major theories and concepts, which are presented in a clear, accessible, and engaging format.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Social movement research methods 3. Origins of social movement studies 4. Political opportunity, resource mobilization and social movement organization 5. Social movements, old and new 6. Protest and culture 7. Religious movements and social movements 8. Struggles over space 9. Media and movements 10. Legal mobilization, protest policing and criminal justice activism 11. Global activism 12. Conclusion