Social Movements & Global Soc PB

283 Pages·2014·2.094 MB·English

by  Robert K. Schaeffer

Social Movements and
Global Social Change

Social Movements and
Global Social Change
The Rising Tide
Robert K. Schaeffer
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 SocialMovementsandGlobalSocialChange 1
2 TheNewRepublic 19
3 TheRiseoftheRepublics 39
4 DictatorshipandDivision 57
5 TheDemocratizationoftheRepublics 75
6 TheExpansionofCitizenshipintheUnitedStates 97
7 PersistentInequalities 109
8 TheFurtherExpansionofCitizenship 139
9 SocialMovementsandGlobalSocialChange 157
10 AspiringSocialMovements 175
11 AltruisticSocialMovements 187
12 RestrictionistSocialMovements 199
13 TheoriesandOpportunities 209
Notes 223
Index 261
AbouttheAuthor 271
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