Social Movements

Preface and Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; The Origins of the Social Movement ; Defining Social Movements ; Outline of the Book ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 2. Theories of Social Movements and Collective Action ; Collective Behaviour Theory ; Resource Mobilization and Political Process Theories ; New Social Movement Theory and Collective Identity ; New Directions in Social Movement Theory ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 3. Issues in the Study of Social Movements and Collective Action ; Movement Emergence: Mobilization and Recruitment ; Movement Maintenance, Growth, and Decline ; Movement Outcomes ; Movements and Media ; Methods of Social Movement Research ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 4. The Protest Cycle of the 1960s ; The Rise, Decline, and Significance of the 1960s Protest Cycle ; The American Civil Rights Movement ; The Rise of New Left Student and Anti-war Movements ; Legacies of the Protest Cycle of the 1960s ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 5. Indigenous Protest ; Communities, Bystanders, and Critical Events ; The Rise of Contemporary Canadian Indigenous Mobilization ; The White Paper ; The Constitution Act, 1982 ; The Indian Summer of 1990 ; Idle No More ; International Attention and Indigenous Political Parties ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 6. The Women's Movement ; Origins of the Second Wave ; Mobilizing Issues of the Second Wave ; Feminist Survival among New Generations ; The Global Women's Movement ; Maintenance and Growth of the Women's Movement ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 7. The LGBT Movement ; Origins of the LGBT Movement ; LGBT Liberation ; Struggles for Equal Rights ; AIDS Activism and Queer Politics ; Relationship Recognition and Same-Sex Marriage ; Influences on Movement Strategies and Outcomes ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 8. The Environmental Movement ; Origins of the Environmental Movement ; Mobilizing Support for Environmentalism ; Debates on the Power and Direction of the Environmental Movement ; Greenpeace and the Mass Media ; Green Lobbies and Consumer Boycotts ; Grassroots Environmentalism and Direct-Action Campaigns ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 9. Global Movements for Social Justice ; Origins of the Global Justice Movement ; Mobilizing Frames, Structures, and Opportunities ; Movement Strategies and Outcomes ; Conclusion ; Discussion Questions ; Suggested Readings ; 10. Conclusion: Social Movements and Social Change ; Large-Scale Changes, Grievances, and Opportunities ; Movement Organization and Strategy ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Glossary ; References ; Index