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<p>List of Key Concepts and Chronologies viii</p> <p>List of Activist Biographies ix</p> <p><b>Part I Introduction 1</b></p> <p>1 Editors’ Introduction 3<br /> <i>Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper</i></p> <p><b>Part II When and Why Do Social Movements Occur? 9</b></p> <p>2 The Women’s Movement 13<br /> <i>Jo Freeman</i></p> <p>3 The Gay Liberation Movement 24<br /> <i>John D’Emilio</i></p> <p>4 Occupy Wall Street 30<br /> <i>Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, and Penny Lewis</i></p> <p>5 The Egyptian Revolution 45<br /> <i>Manuel Castells</i></p> <p><b>Part III Who Joins or Supports Movements? 53</b></p> <p>6 The Free-Rider Problem 59<br /> <i>Mancur Olson</i></p> <p>7 Recruits to Civil Rights Activism 65<br /> <i>Doug McAdam</i></p> <p>8 Who Are the Radical Islamists? 76<br /> <i>Charles Kurzman</i></p> <p>9 Women’s Mobilization into the Salvadoran Guerrilla Army 83<br /> <i>Jocelyn S. Viterna</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Who Remains in Movements, Who Drops Out, and Why? 101</b></p> <p>10 Generating Commitment among Students 105<br /> <i>Eric L. Hirsch</i></p> <p>11 Sustaining Commitment among Radical Feminists 114<br /> <i>Nancy Whittier</i></p> <p>12 True Believers and Charismatic Cults 126<br /> <i>Janja Lalich</i></p> <p>13 Are Frames Enough? 136<br /> <i>Charlotte Ryan and William A. Gamson</i></p> <p>14 The Emotional Benefits of Insurgency in El Salvador 143<br /> <i>Elisabeth Jean Wood</i></p> <p>15 Classic Protest Songs: A List 153</p> <p><b>Part V How Are Movements Organized? 155</b></p> <p>16 Social Movement Organizations 159<br /> <i>John D. McCarthy and Mayer N. Zald</i></p> <p>17 Transnational Environmental Activism 175<br /> <i>Paul Wapner</i></p> <p>18 The Transnational Network for Democratic Globalization 184<br /> <i>Jackie Smith</i></p> <p>19 Meeting Arenas 196<br /> <i>Christoph Haug</i></p> <p><b>Part VI What Do Movements Do? 213</b></p> <p>20 Tactical Innovation in the Civil Rights Movement 219<br /> <i>Aldon D. Morris</i></p> <p>21 Armed Struggle in the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement 224<br /> <i>Gay Seidman</i></p> <p>22 Suicide Bombing 239<br /> <i>Robert J. Brym</i></p> <p>23 Everyday Life, Routine Politics, and Protest 246<br /> <i>Javier Auyero</i></p> <p>24 The Emotion Work of Movements 254<br /> <i>Deborah B. Gould</i></p> <p>25 Tactical Repertoires: Same-Sex Weddings 266<br /> <i>Verta Taylor, Katrina Kimport, Nella Van Dyke, and Ellen Ann Andersen</i></p> <p><b>Part VII How Do Movements Interact with Other Players? 283</b></p> <p>26 Farmworkers’ Movements in Changing Political Contexts 287<br /> <i>J. Craig Jenkins and Charles Perrow</i></p> <p>27 Movements in the Media 302<br /> <i>Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, Sheera Joy Olasky, and James E. Stobaugh</i></p> <p>28 What Shapes the West’s Human Rights Focus? 317<br /> <i>James Ron, Howard Ramos, and Kathleen Rodgers</i></p> <p>29 The Quest for International Allies 325<br /> <i>Clifford Bob</i></p> <p>30 Global Corporations, Global Unions 335<br /> <i>Stephen Lerner</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Why Do Movements Decline? 343</b></p> <p>31 The Decline of the Women’s Movement 347<br /> <i>Barbara Epstein</i></p> <p>32 The Dilemmas of Identity Politics 354<br /> <i>Joshua Gamson</i></p> <p>33 The Repression/Protest Paradox in Central America 363<br /> <i>Charles D. Brockett</i></p> <p>34 Counterinsurgency 370<br /> <i>Ian Roxborough</i></p> <p><b>Part IX What Changes Do Movements Bring About? 379</b></p> <p>35 Defining Movement “Success” 383<br /> <i>William A. Gamson</i></p> <p>36 How Social Movements Matter 386<br /> <i>David S. Meyer</i></p> <p>37 Environmental Justice 391<br /> <i>David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle</i></p> <p>38 Understanding Revolutions: The Arab Uprisings 398<br /> <i>Jack A. Goldstone</i></p> <p>39 Why Nonviolence Sometimes Fails: China in 1989 405<br /> <i>Sharon Erickson Nepstad</i></p> <p>References for Part Introductions and Key Concepts 416</p> <p>Index 419</p>

<p><b>Jeff Goodwin</b> is Professor of Sociology at New York University. He is the author of <i>No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991</i> (2001).<br /><br /></p> <p><b>James M. Jasper</b> is Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written many books, including <i>The Animal Rights Crusade</i>(1992) and <i>The Art of Moral Protest</i> (1997), and <i>Getting Your Way</i> (2006).<br /><br /></p> <p>Together they have edited two previous editions of <i>The Social Movements Reader</i> (2003, 2009)<i> Passionate Politics</i> (2001) and <i>Contention in Context</i> (2012).</p>

<p>This third edition of the highly-successful <i>Social Movements Reader</i> builds on its selection of “classic” texts and core readings from recent decades with the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and around the world, including the Arab spring, Occupy, and the global justice movement. </p> <p>With its unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential scholarship, the <i>Reader</i> addresses commonly asked questions about these and many other movements, including: Why do movements arise? Who joins them? Why do they use particular tactics? And what do movements accomplish?</p> <p>Requiring no prior knowledge about social movements, this new edition combines the strengths of both a reader and a textbook, supplementing the most important and readable articles and book selections on social movements with definitions of key concepts, biographies of exemplary leaders, new developments in the field, and timelines of several ongoing social movements.</p>

<p>As a new wave of protest is spreading globally, this  expanded reader offers  us important tools to understand why and how social movements emerge, develop and influence politics and society. <b>Donatella Della Porta, European University Institute</b></p> <p>This timely reader provides not only a comprehensive introduction for undergraduates and postgraduates studying social movements but also a shrewd global perspective, combining the best of classical literature in the field and contemporary theoretical and methodological concerns… an excellent text for anyone interested in understanding social conflicts. <b>Olivier Fillieule, University of Lausanne Switzerland</b></p>

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