The Palgrave Handbook of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation

This handbook on social movements, revolution, and social transformation analyzes people's struggles to bring about social change in the age of globalization. It examines the origins, nature, dynamics, and challenges of such movements as they aim to change dominant social, economic, and political institutions and structures across the globe. Departing from a theoretical introduction that explores major classical and contemporary theories of social movements and transformation, the contributions collected here use a class-based approach to examine key cases of social movements, rebellions, and revolutions worldwide from the turn of the twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries. Against this wide-ranging background, the handbook concludes by charting the varied and competing future developments and trajectories of social movements, revolutions, and social transformations.

Provides a broad-scope, comparative study of social movements, transformation, and revolution Presents diverse perspectives by bringing together academics with grassroots activists Contributes comprehensive insights and perspectives to an increasingly important, globally relevant conversation around social change and social structures in an era of globalization

Autorentext
Berch Berberoglu is Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. He has written and edited 32 books and many articles. He is the editor of the Palgrave Macmillan book series Social Movements and Transformation.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Dynamics of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation.- 2. Classical and Contemporary Conventional Theories of Social Movements.- 3. The Marxist Theory of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation.- 4. Methodological Approaches to Movement Waves and the Making of History.- 5. Twentieth-Century Socialist Revolutions and Their Class Components: Russia, China, Cuba, and Vietnam.- 6. The Roots of Repression and Resistance of the Labor Movement in the United States.- 7. Decade of Turbulence: Social Movements and Rebellion in the 1960s.- 8. Neoliberalism and Social Movements in Latin America: Mobilizing the Resistance.- 9. Neoliberalism, State Repression, and the Rise of Mass Movements in Africa.- 10. The Naxalite Movement, the Oppressive State, and the Revolutionary Struggle in India.- 11. Neoliberalism, Contentious Politics, and the Rise of Authoritarianism in SoutheastAsia.- 12. Nationalism and Nationalist Movements in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization.- 13. The Global Justice Movements: Past, Present, and Future.- 14. Neoliberalism, the Global Capitalist Crisis, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement.- 15. Neoliberal Globalization and Transnational Women's Movements in the Early 21st Century.- 16. Social Movements and New Technology: The Dynamics of Cyber Activism in the Digital Age.- 17. System Change, Not Climate Change: Radical Social Transformation in the 21st Century.- 18. Global Social Movements and World Revolutions in the 21st Century.- 19. Conclusion: Socialism in Our Time? The Prospects for Socialist Revolution in the 21st Century.