Social movements in advanced capitalism : the political economy and cultural construction of social activism /
Steven M. Buechler.
- xiii, 240 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index.
Introduction -- The Sociology of Social Movements -- Social Movements and Sociology: Siblings of Modernity -- Social Movement Theory: A Sociology of Knowledge Analysis -- Sociohistorical Structures and Collective Action -- Global Structures and Social Movements: The World-Capitalist System -- National Structures and Social Movements: Crisis, Colonization, and Post-Fordism -- Regional Structures and Social Movements: Class, Race, and Gender -- Local Structures and Social Movements: The Politics of Everyday Life -- The Political and the Cultural in Collective Action -- The Political: State Politics and Social Politics -- The Cultural: Identity, Ideology, and Organization -- Epilogue -- References -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 3. 7. 8.