Social Movements

A Theoretical Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-19-887740-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

In Social Movements: A Theoretical Approach, Dieter Rucht offers a theoretically and historically informed approach to social movements as a phenomenon of modern societies. He links the analysis of social movements to general theories of society and processes of social change, and combines three basic perspectives: interactionist, constructivist, and process-oriented (ICP-approach).

Drawing mainly on ideas from Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, and Anthony Giddens, Rucht recommends several revisions and highlights the important role of the public sphere as the central stage for social movements. He argues that it is a realm in its own right and the major domain in which social movements make themselves seen and heard, garner support, and possibly succeed in changing basic societal structures.

This comprehensive treatise analyzes the external and internal activities of social movements, the role of different kinds of opportunities and restrictions, collective identities and framing, organizing, networking, and strategizing. It lucidly examines the complexity of social movements that have a status as both actors and systems, and whose logic cannot be reduced to either strategic or communicative action.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rucht, Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- 1: Introduction to the concept of social movement

- 2: General sociological foundations

- 3: Social movements as actors and systems

- 4: The external dimension

- 5: The internal dimension

- 6: The historical and process dimension

- 7: Outcomes of social movements

- 8: Back to the theoretical approach

- References

Über Autor(innen)

Dieter Rucht is a senior research fellow affiliated to the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and to the Institute for Research on Protest and Social Movements in Berlin. Previously he was Professor of Sociology at the Free University of Berlin and co-director of the research group Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilization in Europe at WZB. He has been affiliated with universities in Munich, the USA, France and Great Britain and his research fields include political participation, social movements, political protest, and public discourse.