Overview

Published Under the Garamond Imprint When first published in 1992, this major collection rapidly established itself as the leading text on Social Movements to be published in North America. An effective blend of theory and applied case studies makes the book a valuable teaching tool, as well as providing key background material for activists and social policy makers.

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Author:   William K. Carroll
Publisher:   Garamond Press
Imprint:   Garamond Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781551930022

ISBN 10:   1551930021
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributors Acknowledgements Part One: Social Movements in Theory Social Movements and Counterhegemony: Canadian Contexts and Social Theories - William  K. Carroll Post-Marxism and the New Social Movements - Barry D. Adam Language, Power, and Politics: Revisiting the Symbolic Challenge of Movements - Dominique Masson Is the Personal Always Political? Environmentalism in Arendt's Age of 'The Social' - Catriona Sandilands Globalization, Movements, and the Decentred State - Warren Magnusson Part Two: Social Movements in Practice Reinventing a Labour Movement? - Bob Russell Coalitions of Social Movements as Agencies for Social Change: The Action Canada Network - Peter Bleyer The Precarious Pursuit of Justice: Counterhegemony in the Lubicon First Nation Coalition - David Alan Long From Stereotypes to Visible Diversity: Lesbian Political Organizing - Sharon Dale Stone On Counterhegemonic Formation in the Women's Movement and the Difficult Integration of Collective Identities - Jacinthe Michaud Managing AIDS Organizing: 'Consultation,' 'Partnership,' and 'Responsibility' as Strategies for Regulation - Gary Kinsman Framing the Forests: Corporations, the B.C. Forest Alliance, and the Media - Aaron Doyle, Brian Elliott & David Tindall Afterword Many Davids, One Goliath - R.S. Ratner References  

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When first published in 1992, this major collection rapidly established itself as the leading text on Social Movements to be published in North America.

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William K. Carroll teaches sociology and participates in the graduate program in contemporary social and political thought at the University of Victoria. He is the author of Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism.

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