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Making Sense of Social Movements by Nick Crossley; First name/s Surname; Corporate name is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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''...effectively demonstrates the enduring importance of 'classical' social movement theory...and provides a cutting edge critical review of recent theoretical developments. This is one of the most important general theoretical texts on social movements for some years.'' - Paul Bagguley, University of Leeds Why and how do social movements emerge? In which ways are social movements analysed? Can our understanding be enhanced by new perspectives? Making Sense of Social Movements offers a clear and comprehensive overview of the key sociological approaches to the study of social movements. The author argues that each of these approaches makes an important contribution to our understanding of social movements but that none is adequate on its own. In response he argues for a new approach which draws together key insights within the solid foundations of Pierre Bourdieu's social theory of practice. This new approach transcends the barriers which still often divide European and North American perspectives of social movements, and also those which divide recent approaches from the older 'collective behaviour' approach. The result is a theoretical frame

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Author

Nick Crossley; First name/s Surname; Corporate name

Publisher

Open University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780335206032

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Philosophy, Science

Updated

2026-03-24