Social movements 1768-2012. 3rd ed.

"The updated and expanded third edition of Tilly s widely acclaimed book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as the economic crisis and related protest actions around the globe while maintaining their attention to perennia...

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Main Authors: Tilly, Charles, Wood, Lesley J.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: London 2013
Paradigm Publishers
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19110920124919381029-Social-movements-1768-2012.-3r.htm
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Summary:"The updated and expanded third edition of Tilly s widely acclaimed book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as the economic crisis and related protest actions around the globe while maintaining their attention to perennially important issues such as immigrants rights, new media technologies, and the role of bloggers and Facebook in social movement activities. With new coverage of colonialism and its impact on movement formation as well as coverage and analysis of the 2011 Arab Spring, this new edition of "Social Movements" adds more historical depth while capturing a new cycle of contention today.New to the Third Edition"
Physical Description:XII, 203 p.
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