This Handbook addresses some of the key issues related to the nature and dynamics of
social movements and revolutions as the basis for the transformation of society. The project …

Social movements have been struggling against repressive states advancing the interests of
dominant classes for many centuries. Over time, millions of people have organized and …

Despite striking commonalities, scholars of revolution and social movements have (with
some important exceptions) often treated their two phenomena of interest in isolation from …

In contrast to mainstream classical and contemporary conventional theories of social
movements discussed in previous chapters, this chapter presents an alternative, Marxist …

Social movements are groups of people organizing to bring about—or resist—social
change, using, at least in part, non-institutional strategy and tactics (also known as …

Social movements make diverse claims and can assume various forms. At their core,
however, they all seek to effect some degree of individual, social, political, and/or cultural …

Social movements around the world have used a wide variety of protest tactics to bring
about enormous social changes, influencing cultural arrangements, public opinion, and …

1. The &dquo; new&dquo; social movements are old but have some new features The many
social movements in the West, South and East that are now commonly called &dquo; …

From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the
role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together …

In acknowledging, though not stressing, my disciplinary identity as a sociologist, I will
present and reflect on several challenges that we are confronted with when analysing social …