The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements (Blackwell Companions to Sociology)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: August 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 776
ISBN-13: 9781405175616
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Sociology; Essays; Sociology - General; Sociology of Religion; History / Social History; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; General
First sentence: Social movements are one of the principal social forms through which collectivities give voice to their grievances and concerns about the rights, welfare, and well-being of themselves and others by engaging in various types of collective action, such as protesting in the streets, that dramatize those grievances and concerns and demand that something be done about them.