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Social movements in politics : a comparative study
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"As voters throughout the world have become disillusioned with politics and political parties, social movements have emerged as key actors in the promotion of political change. This innovative and ...
"As voters throughout the world have become disillusioned with politics and political parties, social movements have emerged as key actors in the promotion of political change. This innovative and important book provides the first ever comparative analysis of three very different types of social movements: the Greens in Germany, Solidarity in Poland and the Shining Path movement in Peru."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London ; New York : Longman, 1997
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- xiv, 269 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0582209463, 9780582209466, 0582209471, 9780582209473
- OCLC
- ocm36165144
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-255) and indexes.
- Pt. I. How we think about social movements -- 1. Recent traditions in social-movement theorizing -- Pt. II. Germany's Greens and the politics of party-movements -- 2. A world to be remade: sociopolitical circumstances of Green politics -- 3. Political antecedents -- 4. Clashing shades of Green -- Pt. III. Poland's Solidarity and movements against dictatorial regimes -- 5. A world to be remade: sociopolitical circumstances of Solidarity -- 6. Political antecedents -- 7. Discord within Solidarity -- Pt. IV. Peru's Shining Path and agrarian-based movements -- 8. A world to be remade: sociopolitical circumstances of Shining Path -- 9. Political antecedents -- 10. Diverse directions along the Shining Path -- Pt. V. Conclusions -- 11. From history to theory