1st Edition

Social Movements: The Key Concepts

By Graeme Chesters, Ian Welsh Copyright 2011
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful, contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action and social and political activism. Following an A-Z format, the entries defined and discussed are drawn from the following areas: the ‘old’ social movements of the nineteenth century the ‘new’ social... Read more

Introduction.  Key Concepts A-Z.  Bibliography

Biography

Graeme Chesters is Senior Research Fellow in Peace Studies at Bradford University, UK. His books for Routledge include Complexity and Social Movements: Multitudes at the Edge of Chaos (2006) with Ian Welsh.

Ian Welsh is Reader in Sociology at Cardiff University, UK. His books for Routledge include Mobilising Modernity: The Nuclear Moment (2000).