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The Palgrave Handbook of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation

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Editors:
  1. Berch Berberoglu

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA

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  • Provides a broad-scope, comparative study of social movements, transformation, and revolution
  • Presents diverse perspectives by bringing together academics with grassroots activists
  • Contributes comprehensive insights and perspectives to an increasingly important, globally relevant conversation around social change and social structures in an era of globalization

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Dynamics of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation

    • Berch Berberoglu
    Pages 1-14

  3. Theoretical, Methodological, and Historical Approaches to Social Movements, Revolutions, and Social Transformation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Classical and Contemporary Conventional Theories of Social Movements

      • Clayton D. Peoples
      Pages 17-34

    3. Methodological Approaches to Movement Waves and the Making of History

      • Ben Manski
      Pages 35-63

    4. The Marxist Theory of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation

      • Berch Berberoglu
      Pages 65-83

    5. Twentieth-Century Socialist Revolutions and Their Class Components: Russia, China, Cuba, and Vietnam

      • James F. Petras
      Pages 85-113

  4. Social Movements and Social Change: Varieties of Social Movements in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Repression, Resistance, and Development of the Labor Movement in the United States

      • Andrew Kolin
      Pages 117-149

    3. Decade of Turbulence: Social Movements and Rebellion in the 1960s

      • Alan J. Spector
      Pages 151-176

    4. Neoliberalism and Social Movements in Latin America: Mobilizing the Resistance

      • James F. Petras, Henry Veltmeyer
      Pages 177-211

    5. Neoliberalism, State Repression and the Rise of Social Protest in Africa

      • Patrick Bond
      Pages 213-231

    6. The Naxalite Movement, the Oppressive State, and the Revolutionary Struggle in India

      • Ashok Kumbamu
      Pages 233-247

    7. Neoliberalism, Contentious Politics, and the Rise of Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia

      • Walden Bello
      Pages 249-267

    8. Nationalism and Nationalist Movements in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization

      • Berch Berberoglu
      Pages 269-298

  5. Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation in the Twenty-First Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
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    2. Global Justice Movements: Past, Present, and Future

      • Lauren Langman, Tova Benski
      Pages 301-324

    3. Neoliberalism, the Global Capitalist Crisis, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

      • Levin Welch
      Pages 325-351

    4. Neoliberal Globalization and Transnational Women’s Movements in the Early Twenty-First Century

      • Ligaya Lindio-McGovern
      Pages 353-372

    5. Social Movements and New Technology: The Dynamics of Cyber Activism in the Digital Age

      • Victoria Carty, Francisco G. Reynoso Barron
      Pages 373-397
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About this book

This handbook on social movements, revolution, and social transformation analyzes people’s struggles to bring about social change in the age of globalization. It examines the origins, nature, dynamics, and challenges of such movements as they aim to change dominant social, economic, and political institutions and structures across the globe. Departing from a theoretical introduction that explores major classical and contemporary theories of social movements and transformation, the contributions collected here use a class-based approach to examine key cases of social movements, rebellions, and revolutions worldwide from the turn of the twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries. Against this wide-ranging background, the handbook concludes by charting the varied and competing future developments and trajectories of social movements, revolutions, and social transformations.

Reviews

“An alternative approach and means of understanding the root causes of social movements is necessary, and this volume may offer precisely that. For this reason, students of sociology and politics would stand to gain from reading the volume.” (George Regkoukos, Progress in Development Studies, December 11, 2021)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA

    Berch Berberoglu

About the editor

Berch Berberoglu is Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. He has written and edited 32 books and many articles.  He is the editor of the Palgrave Macmillan book series Social Movements and Transformation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation

  • Editors: Berch Berberoglu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92354-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92353-6Published: 10 October 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06414-3Published: 22 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92354-3Published: 26 September 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 479

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Political Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture

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