Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines

Download or read book Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines written by Bert Klandermans and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to revisit the interdisciplinary roots of social movement studies. Each discipline raises its own questions and approaches the subject from a different angle or perspective. The chapters of this handbook are written by internationally renowned scholars representing the various disciplines involved. They each review the approach their sector has developed and discuss their disciplines’ contributions and insights to the knowledge of social movements. Furthermore, each chapter addresses the "unanswered questions" and discusses the overlaps with other fields as well as reviewing the interdisciplinary advances so far.