
Social Movements in Politics, Expanded Edition : A Comparative Study.
Title:
Social Movements in Politics, Expanded Edition : A Comparative Study.
Author:
Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto.
ISBN:
9781403983336
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (286 pages)
Series:
Perspectives in Comparative Politics
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Expanded Edition -- Acronyms -- Part 1 How We Think about Social Movements -- 1 Recent Traditions in Social-Movement Theorizing -- Part 2 West Germany's Greens and the Politics of Party Movements -- 2 A World to Be Remade: Sociopolitical Circumstances of Green Politics -- 3 Political Antecedents -- 4 Clashing Shades of Green -- Part 3 Poland's Solidarity and Movements against Dictatorial Regimes -- 5 A World to Be Remade: Sociopolitical Circumstances of Solidarity -- 6 Political Antecedents -- 7 Discord within Solidarity -- Part 4 Peru's Shining Path and Agrarian-Based Movements -- 8 A World to Be Remade: Sociopolitical Circumstances of Shining Path -- 9 Political Antecedents -- 10 Diverse Directions along the Shining Path -- Part 5 Mexico's Zapatistas and the Globalization of Protest -- 11 A World to Be Remade: Sociopolitical Circumstances of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation -- 12 Political Antecedents -- 13 Wanderings of Zapata's Ghost -- Part 6 Conclusions -- 14 From History to Theory -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In this book, Zirakzadeh examines different types of social movements, from the Greens in Germany to the Shining Path in Peru. The book concludes with a juxtaposition of the three major theoretical approaches and historical findings and proposes a fourth theoretical approach emphasizing factional conflict and reconciliation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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