Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Protest and Culture: Concepts and Approaches in Social Movement Research — An Introduction

   1. Protest and Culture: Concepts and Approaches in Social Movement Research — An Introduction

      • Peter Ullrich, Priska Daphi, Britta Baumgarten

      Pages 1-20

3. Theorizing Culture from Different Perspectives beyond the Mainstream

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Feeling-Thinking: Emotions as Central to Culture

      • James M. Jasper

      Pages 23-44

   3. “A Whole Way of Struggle?”: Western Marxisms, Social Movements, and Culture

      • Laurence Cox

      Pages 45-66

   4. Reassessing the Culture Concept in the Analysis of Global Social Movements: An Anthropological Perspective

      • June Nash

      Pages 67-87

4. Culture as a Framework for Movement Activity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Culture and Activism across Borders

      • Britta Baumgarten

      Pages 91-112

   3. Comparing Discourse between Cultures: A Discursive Approach to Movement Knowledge

      • Peter Ullrich, Reiner Keller

      Pages 113-139

   4. Culture and Movement Strength from a Quantitative Perspective: A Partial Theory

      • Jochen Roose

      Pages 140-161

5. Internal Movement Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Movement Space: A Cultural Approach

      • Priska Daphi

      Pages 165-185

   3. Movement Culture as Habit(us): Resistance to Change in the Routinized Practices of Resistance

      • Cristina Flesher Fominaya

      Pages 186-205

   4. Memory and Culture in Social Movements

      • Nicole Doerr

      Pages 206-226

   5. Embodying Protest: Culture and Performance within Social Movements

      • Jeffrey S. Juris

      Pages 227-247

6. Impact of Social Movements on Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249

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   2. Moving Culture: Transnational Social Movement Organizations as Translators in a Diffusion Cycle

      • Olga Malets, Sabrina Zajak

      Pages 251-274

   3. Memory Battles over Mai 68: Interpretative Struggles as a Cultural Re-Play of Social Movements

      • Erik Neveu

      Pages 275-299

7. Back Matter

   Pages 300-313

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This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated with recent cases of mobilization.

• anthropology
• culture
• emotion
• Marx
• memory
• Nation
• organization
• Protest
• sociology
• Transnational

"A valuable and timely contribution. The authors and editors of this terrific volume provide the tools for figuring out how culture matters to movements with a useful conceptual framework and case studies chock-full of theoretical insights." - Francesca Polletta, University of California, Irvine, US

"In line with the more general cultural turn in the social sciences, this state-of-the-art collection of essays and analyses provides stimulating ideas and insights into theoretical, methodological, and empirical aspects of culture in social movements. It is a must for both curious newcomers and experienced scholars working in this field." - Dieter Rucht, Free University Berlin and WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

• CIES Lisbon, Portugal

  Britta Baumgarten

• Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany

  Priska Daphi

• Technische Unversität Berlin, Germany

  Peter Ullrich

Laurence Cox, National University of Ireland Maynooth Nicole Doerr, Mount Holyoke College, USA Cristina Flesher, University of Aberdeen, UK James M. Jasper, University of New York, USA Jeffrey S. Juris, Northeastern University, USA Reiner Keller, Augsburg University, Germany Olga Malets, Technische Universität München, Germany June Nash, City University of New York, USA Erik Neveu, Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Rennes, France Jochen Roose, Free University Berlin, Germany Sabrina Zajak, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

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