03147cam a2200457Ia 4500 ocn179681980 OCoLC 20171018091352.0 m d cr un||||||||| 071029s2001 ne ab ob 000 0 eng d 9781849501057 (electronic bk.) : �70.95 ; � 102.95 ; $131.95 184950105X (electronic bk.) : �70.95 ; � 102.95 ; $131.95 9780762307869 (hbk.) 0762307862 (hbk.) N$T eng N$T YDXCP OCLCQ UBY ZJC HN1 .R47 v. 23 JFFM bicssc JPA bicssc POL007000 bisacsh 32 303.48/4 22 Political opportunities, social movements and democratization [electronic resource] / edited by Patrick G. Coy. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001. 1 online resource (xi, 331 p.) : ill., maps Research in social movements, conflicts, and change, 0163-786X ; v. 23 Includes bibliographical references. As political opportunities shift, social movement decline or mobilization may result. The first section of this intriguing volume examines this phenomenon in depth while also moving theory-building forward. Significant contributions are made to collective identity theory, stalemate theory, and political process theory. This volume's concentration on political opportunity and social movements is accomplished through a focused series of papers that include case studies of specific social movements, comparative case studies of social movements, and comparative case studies of transnational issue networks. They include movements including the U. S. anti-nuclear power movement, the Rastafarians, the alternative and complimentary medicine movement, indigenous rights movements in Panama and Brazil, the animal rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and the housing reform movements in post-Soviet Union Moscow and Budapest. A shorter, but no less important section closes this volume while taking up another historic focus of the series: social and political change. Here one paper documents democratization in Wales via the use of 'inclusive politics' by Plaid Cymru, another analyzes the use of 'political homicide' in Mexico during the 1990s, and a third explores campus unrest in the United States. Description based on print version record. Social movements. Democratization. Social mobility. bicssc Political science & theory. bicssc Political Science Political Ideologies Democracy. bisacsh Coy, Patrick G. Print version: Political opportunities, social movements and democratization. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001 0762307862 9780762307869 (DLC) 2001041347 (OCoLC)47168721 Research in social movements, conflicts, and change ; v. 23. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0163-786X/23 SSbacklist 222710 222710