Title: Social movements and social classes : the future of collective action /
Authors: Maheu, Louis
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Social classes; Social movements; Collective behavior.
Abstract: "This book assembles an international cast of eminent contributors who focus on issues of social movements and social class from the perspective of collective action. An important addition to current debate, the text discusses such topics as: middle-class radicalism, racism, class, the institutionalization of movements, urban politics, citizenship, education and democracy." "Social Movements and Social Classes asks how integrative and expansive collective action is in the constitution of modern societies, and how we can articulate issues of collective action, social movement practices and class action within this integrative understanding." "An original contribution to the understanding of social movements, social classes and collective action, this book will be essential reading for academics and students of sociology, political science, urban studies, cultural studies and ethnic studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Does social class matter in the study of social movements? A theory of middle-class radicalism / Klaus Eder -- Social movements and class : the decline of the Marxist paradigm / Jan Pakulski -- Racism and social movements / Michel Wieviorka -- The new social movements revisited : reflections on a sociological misunderstanding / Alberto Melucci -- Social movements in the transition from state socialism : convergence or divergence? / Chris Pickvance -- Social movements and the challenge of urban politics / Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Louis Maheu -- Rethinking class / John Urry -- Rethinking citizenship and social movements : themes in contemporary sociology and neoconservative ideology / Maurice Roche -- A new class? The higher educated and the new politics / Chris Rootes -- Collective action and the paradigm of individualism / Pierre Hamel -- Democracy : from a politics of citizenship to a politics of recognition / Alain Touraine.