The Political Economy of Social Movement Sectors
Year: 2017

This chapter focuses upon social movement activity largely oriented towards change that is achieved in the differentiated political arena— changes in the system of political rule or in the specific policies, symbols, and distributional allocations of territorially based authorities. A brief comparison of the social movement sectors of Italy and the United States may provide some illustrations that we can use to identify key dimensions of social movement sectors. The system of reproduction of the