Social Movements And Civil War

Author : Donatella della Porta,Teije Hidde Donker,Bogumila Hall,Emin Poljarevic,Daniel P. Ritter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315403083

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Social Movements and Civil War by Donatella della Porta,Teije Hidde Donker,Bogumila Hall,Emin Poljarevic,Daniel P. Ritter Pdf

This book investigates the origins of civil wars which emerge from failed attempts at democratization. The main aim of this volume is to develop a theoretical explanation of the conditions under which and the mechanisms through which social movements’ struggles for democracy end up in civil war. While the empirical evidence suggests that this is not a rare phenomenon, the literatures on social movements, democratization and civil wars have grown apart from each other. At the theoretical level, Social Movements and Civil War bridges insights in the three fields, looking in particular at explanations of the radicalization of social movements, the failure of democratization processes and the onset of civil war. In doing this, it builds upon the relational approach developed in contentious politics with the aim of singling out robust causal mechanisms. At the empirical level, the research provides in-depth descriptions of four cases of trajectory from social movements for democratization into civil wars: in Syria, Libya, Yemen and the former Yugoslavia. Conditions such as the double weakness of civil society and the state, the presence of entrepreneurs of violence as well as normative and material resources for violence, ethnic and tribal divisions, domestic and international military interventions are considered as influencing the chains of actors’ choices rather than as structural determinants. This book will be of great interest to students of civil wars, political violence, social movements, democratization, and IR in general.

Author : Vladimir N. Brovkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608201499

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Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War by Vladimir N. Brovkin Pdf

Author : Vladimir N. Brovkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400872862

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Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War by Vladimir N. Brovkin Pdf

Countering the powerful myth that the civil war in Russia was largely between the "Whites" and the "Reds," Vladimir Brovkin views the struggle as a multifaceted social and political process. Brovkin focuses not so much on armies and governments as on the interaction of state institutions, political parties, and social movements on both Red and White territories. In the process, he exposes the weaknesses of the various warring factions in a Russia plagued by strikes, mutinies, desertion, and rebellions. The Whites benefited from popular resistance to the Reds, and the Reds, from resistance to the Whites. In Brovkin's view, neither regime enjoyed popular support. Pacification campaigns, mass shooting, deportations, artillery shelling of villages, and terror were the essence of the conflict, and when the Whites were defeated, the war against the Greens, the peasant rebels, went on. Drawing on a remarkable array of previously untapped sources, Brovkin convicts the early Bolsheviks of crimes similar to those later committed by Stalin. What emerges "behind the front lines" is a picture of how diverse forces—Cossacks, Ukrainians, Greens, Mensheviks, and SRs, as well as Whites and Bolsheviks—created the tragic victory of a party that had no majority support. This book has important contemporary implications as the world again asks an old question: Can Russian statehood prevail over local, regional, and national identities? Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Derrick Purdue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134149346

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Civil Societies and Social Movements by Derrick Purdue Pdf

This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance. The authors adopt a broad range of research approaches, from testing hypotheses drawn from rationale choice theory against available statistics on associations, to ethnographic study of emerging attempts at participant / deliberative democracy. Divided into three clear sections, focusing on the following core aspects of civil society: • the position of civic organizations between state and society in emerging forms of governance • the geographical scales of social movement mobilizations and actions from the local to the global • the patterns of public trust and civic engagement that falls under the rubric of social capital. The book draws on case studies from a wide range of countries, including: Russia, Ukraine, Britain, Greece, Spain, Germany, Argentina and new Asian democracies. Presenting current research on the key dimensions of civil society, Civil Societies and Social Movements will appeal to those researching and studying in the fields of political science, sociology and social policy.

Author : Donatella Della Porta,Mario Diani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 865 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199678402

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The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements by Donatella Della Porta,Mario Diani Pdf

The Handbook presents a most updated and comprehensive exploration of social movement research. It not only maps, but also expands the field of social movement studies, taking stock of recent developments in cognate areas of studies, within and beyond sociology and political science. While structured around traditional social movement concepts, each section combines the mapping of the state of the art with attempts to broaden our knowledge of social movements beyond classic theoretical agendas, and to identify the contribution that social movement studies can give to other fields of knowledge.

Author : Daniel Schlozman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691164700

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When Movements Anchor Parties by Daniel Schlozman Pdf

Throughout American history, some social movements, such as organized labor and the Christian Right, have forged influential alliances with political parties, while others, such as the antiwar movement, have not. When Movements Anchor Parties provides a bold new interpretation of American electoral history by examining five prominent movements and their relationships with political parties. Taking readers from the Civil War to today, Daniel Schlozman shows how two powerful alliances—those of organized labor and Democrats in the New Deal, and the Christian Right and Republicans since the 1970s—have defined the basic priorities of parties and shaped the available alternatives in national politics. He traces how they diverged sharply from three other major social movements that failed to establish a place inside political parties—the abolitionists following the Civil War, the Populists in the 1890s, and the antiwar movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Moving beyond a view of political parties simply as collections of groups vying for preeminence, Schlozman explores how would-be influencers gain influence—or do not. He reveals how movements join with parties only when the alliance is beneficial to parties, and how alliance exacts a high price from movements. Their sweeping visions give way to compromise and partial victories. Yet as Schlozman demonstrates, it is well worth paying the price as movements reorient parties' priorities. Timely and compelling, When Movements Anchor Parties demonstrates how alliances have transformed American political parties.

Author : Colin Barker,Alan Johnson,Michael Lavalette
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 071905902X

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Leadership and Social Movements by Colin Barker,Alan Johnson,Michael Lavalette Pdf

Despite the explosion of social movement research in Europe and the US in the last 20 years, the question of leadership has been relatively neglected. This probing examination of the theory and practice of social movement leadership critically re-examines a series of classic cases. The essays illuminate the complex dynamics and competing forms taken by social movement leadership as well as its impact on movement successes and failures.

Author : Anthony Oberschall
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs., N.J : Prentice-Hall
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038761594

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Social Conflict and Social Movements by Anthony Oberschall Pdf

Author : Stephen Zunes,Sarah Beth Asher,Lester Kurtz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781577180753

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Nonviolent Social Movements by Stephen Zunes,Sarah Beth Asher,Lester Kurtz Pdf

Nonviolent Social Movements is the first book to offer a truly global overview of the dramatic growth of popular nonviolent struggles in recent years.

Author : David S. Meyer,Sidney Tarrow
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461645634

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The Social Movement Society by David S. Meyer,Sidney Tarrow Pdf

Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and the ways in which it continues to change the societies in which it is prevalent.

Author : David A. Snow,Sarah A. Soule,Hanspeter Kriesi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470999097

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The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements by David A. Snow,Sarah A. Soule,Hanspeter Kriesi Pdf

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements is a compilation of original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars on an array of topics in the field of social movement studies. Contains original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars Covers a wide array of topics in the field of social movement studies Features a valuable introduction by the editors which maps the field, and helps situate the study of social movements within other disciplines Includes coverage of historical, political, and cultural contexts; leadership; organizational dynamics; social networks and participation; consequences and outcomes; and case studies of major social movements Offers the most comprehensive discussion of social movements available

Author : Mayer N. Zald,John David McCarthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015016131388

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The Dynamics of Social Movements by Mayer N. Zald,John David McCarthy Pdf

Author : Alison Mack,Alina Baciu,Roundtable on Population Health Improvement,Nirupa Goel,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309303311

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Supporting a Movement for Health and Health Equity by Alison Mack,Alina Baciu,Roundtable on Population Health Improvement,Nirupa Goel,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities,Institute of Medicine Pdf

"Supporting a Movement for Health and Health Equity" is the summary of a workshop convened in December 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the lessons that may be gleaned from social movements, both those that are health-related and those that are not primarily focused on health. Participants and presenters focused on elements identified from the history and sociology of social change movements and how such elements can be applied to present-day efforts nationally and across communities to improve the chances for long, healthy lives for all. The idea of movements and movement building is inextricably linked with the history of public health. Historically, most movements - including, for example, those for safer working conditions, for clean water, and for safe food - have emerged from the sustained efforts of many different groups of individuals, which were often organized in order to protest and advocate for changes in the name of such values as fairness and human rights. The purpose of the workshop was to have a conversation about how to support the fragments of health movements that roundtable members believed they could see occurring in society and in the health field. Recent reports from the National Academies have highlighted evidence that the United States gets poor value on its extraordinary investments in health - in particular, on its investments in health care - as American life expectancy lags behind that of other wealthy nations. As a result, many individuals and organizations, including the Healthy People 2020 initiative, have called for better health and longer lives.

Author : Enrique Larana,Hank Johnston,Joseph R. Gusfield
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781566391870

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New Social Movements by Enrique Larana,Hank Johnston,Joseph R. Gusfield Pdf

Cultural changes over the past two decades have led to a proliferation of new social movements in Europe and the United States. New social movements such as ecology, peace, ethnicity, New Age philosophies, alternative medicine, and gender and sexual identity are among those that are emerging to challenge traditional categories in social movement theory. Synthesizing classic and modern perspectives the contributors help to redefine the field of social movements and advance an understanding of them through cross-cultural research, comparison with older movements, and an examination of the dimensions of identity—individual, collective, and melding of the two.

Author : T. Beichelt,I. Hahn,F. Schimmelfennig,S. Worschech
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137291097

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Civil Society and Democracy Promotion by T. Beichelt,I. Hahn,F. Schimmelfennig,S. Worschech Pdf

With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-socialist Europe. It focuses on countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at unintended consequences of external democracy promotion on civil society development.