The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 2nd Edition

List of Activist Biographies

Acknowledgments

Part I: Introduction:

1 Editors’ Introduction: Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper

Part II: When and Why Do Social Movements Occur?

Introduction
Discussion Questions

2 The Civil Rights Movement (from Civil Rights: The 1960s Freedom Struggle): Rhoda Lois Blumberg

3 The Women’s Movement (from "The Origins of the Women’s Liberation Movement"): Jo Freeman

4 The Gay Liberation Movement (from Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities): John D’Emilio

5 The Iranian Revolution (from "Structural and Perceived Opportunity: The Iranian Revolution of 1979"): Charles Kurzman

Part III: Who Joins or Supports Movements?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

6 The Free-Rider Problem (from The Logic of Collective Action): Mancur Olson

7 Recruits to Civil Rights Activism (from Freedom Summer): Doug McAdam

8 Middle-Class Radicalism and Environmentalism (from "Environmentalism, Middle-Class Radicalism and Politics"): Stephen Cotgrove and Andrew Duff

9 Who Are the Radical Islamists? (from "Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims"): Charles Kurzman

Part IV: Who Remains in Movements, and Who Drops Out?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

10 Generating Commitment Among Students (from "Sacrifice for the Cause: Group Processes, Recruitment, and Commitment in a Student Social Movement"): Eric L. Hirsch

11 Sustaining Commitment Among Radical Feminists (from Feminist Generations): Nancy Whittier

12 True Believers and Charismatic Cults (from Bounded Choice): Janja Lalich

13 Disengaging from Movements (from The Social Psychology of Protest): Bert Klandermans

Part V: What Do Movement Participants Think and Feel?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

14 World Views of Pro- and Anti-Abortion Activists (from Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood): Kristin Luker

15 Ideological Purity in the Women’s Movement (from Why We Lost the ERA): Jane J. Mansbridge

16 Are Frames Enough? (from "The Art of Reframing Political Debate"): Charlotte Ryan and William A. Gamson

17 The Emotions of Protest (from "The Emotions of Protest"): James M. Jasper

18 Classic Protest Songs: A List (from Contexts magazine)

Part VI: How Are Movements Organized?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

19 Social Movement Organizations (from "Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory"): John D. McCarthy and Mayer N. Zald

20 Organizational Repertoires (from "Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change: Women’s Groups and the Transformation of U.S. Politics, 1890–1920"): Elisabeth S. Clemens

21 Transnational Environmental Activism (from "Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics"): Paul Wapner

22 The Transnational Network for Democratic Globalization (from Social Movements for Global Democracy): Jackie Smith

Part VII: What Do Movements Do?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

23 Protest Tactics (from Rules for Radicals): Saul D. Alinsky

24 Tactical Innovation in the Civil Rights Movement (from The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement): Aldon Morris

25 The Strategic Uses of Identity by the Lesbian and Gay Movement (from "Celebration and Suppression"): Mary Bernstein

26 Armed Struggle in the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement (from "Guerrillas in Their Midst: Armed Struggle in the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement"): Gay Seidman

27 Suicide Bombing (from "Six Lessons of Suicide Bombing"): Robert J. Brym

28 Everyday Life, Routine Politics, and Protest: Javier Auyero

Part VIII: How Do Institutions Influence Movements?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

29 Farmworkers’ Movements in Changing Political Contexts (from "Insurgency of the Powerless"): J. Craig Jenkins and Charles Perrow

30 The Media in the Unmaking of the New Left (from The Whole World Is Watching): Todd Gitlin

31 What Shapes the West’s Human Rights Focus? (from Contexts magazine): James Ron, Howard Ramos, and Kathleen Rodgers

32 The Quest for International Allies (from "Merchants of Morality"): Clifford Bob

33 Global Corporations, Global Unions (from Contexts magazine): Stephen Lerner

Part IX: Why Do Movements Decline?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

34 The Decline of the Women’s Movement (from "What Happened to the Women’s Movement?"): Barbara Epstein

35 The Dilemmas of Identity Politics (from "Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma"): Joshua Gamson

36 The Repression/Protest Paradox in Central America (from "A Protest Cycle Resolution of the Repression/Popular Protest Paradox"): Charles Brockett

37 Counterinsurgency (from Contexts magazine): Ian Roxborough

Part X: What Changes Do Movements Bring About?

Introduction

Discussion Questions

38 Defining Movement "Success" (from The Strategy of Social Protest): William A. Gamson

39 How Social Movements Matter (from Contexts magazine): David S. Meyer

40 The Personal Consequences of Protest (from "Explaining the Political and Personal Consequences of Protest"): Darren E. Sherkat and T. Jean Blocker

41 Environmental Justice (from "Poisoning the Planet: The Struggle for Environmental Justice"): David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle

References from Part Introductions/Key Concepts

Index