1st Edition

Making Waves Worldwide Social Movements, 1750-2005

By William G. Martin Copyright 2008
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Making Waves unearths the successive, worldwide waves of revolts, rebellions, and revolutions that have shaken and remade the world from the eighteenth century to the present. It challenges us to rethink not only our limited conceptions of social movements but the very character and possibilities of social movements. The authors show how successive outbursts of global social protest have... Read more
Introduction The Search for Antisystemic Movements, William G. Martin; Chapter 1 The Transformation of the Capitalist World: 1750–1850, Tuba Agartan, Choi Woo-Young, Huynh Tu; Chapter 2 Reformers and Revolutionaries: The Rise of Antisystemic Movements and the Paradox of Power, 1848–1917, Caleb M. Bush; Chapter 3 Empires Crumble, Movements Fall: Antisystemic Struggle, 1917–1968, Caleb M. Bush, Rochelle Morris; Chapter 4 Transformations of the World-System and Antisystemic Movements: 1968–2005, Fouad Kalouche, Eric Mielants; Chapter 5 Conclusion: World Movement Waves and World Transformations, William G. Martin;

Biography

William G. Martin, Tuba Agartan, Caleb M. Bush, Woo-Young Choi, Tu, Huynh Fouad Kalouche, Eric Mielants

“These essays continue to mine the ideas and insights of the great theorist of world systems, Immanuel Wallerstein. … A refreshing way of considering some relatively familiar occurrences. Recommended. Collections on political sociology and social movements.”
—CHOICE