Social Movements: Identity, Culture, and the State

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Summary: Praise for Social Movements
Review: "An important collection, integrating studies of consciousness, collective identity and culture with studies of state and organizational structure and strategy. Each chapter marks an advance in our understanding of social movements."
--Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"This wonderful book is a vital step forward in the building of social movement theory."--Mary Katzenstein, Professor of Government and Women's Studies, Cornell University

"Meyer, Whittier, and Robnett call for a collective response to the gaps in social movement research today, offering bridges between sociologists and political scientists. Rarely have I read so well integrated a set of papers on so broad a theme in social movement research."
-Sidney Tarrow, Maxwell Upson Professor of Governmetn, Cornell University

"This wide-ranging and thoughtful collection is a showcase for the talents of a younger generation of social movement scholars. It bodes well for the future of the field."
--William A. Gamson, Professor of Sociology, Boston College

"Meyer, Whittier, and Robnett have compiled a stimulating, rich, and theoretically groundbreaking set of articles. This is 'must reading' for anyone interested in theoretical advances and shifts taking place in the social movement field."
--Verta Taylor, Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University