| Description |
xv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Social problems and social issues |
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Social problems and social issues.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Why Social Movement Organizations (SMOs) Are and Why People Study Them -- 2. Steps One and Two: Selecting Cases and Collecting Data -- 3. Step Three: Asking Questions -- 4. Step Four: Answering Questions -- 5. What Are SMO Beliefs? -- 6. How Are SMOs Organized? -- 7. What Are Causes of SMOs? -- 8. Why Do People Join SMOs? -- 9. What Are SMO Strategies? -- 10. What Are Reactions to SMOs? -- 11. What Are Effects of SMOs? -- 12. Dissecting Research Reports -- 13. Contextual Themes |
| Summary |
Well-known for his sociological studies of social movements, John Lofland has now written the authoritative guide to research on social movement organizations viewed as insurgent realities - countercurrents of varying intensity and duration, which challenge mainstream conceptions of how society ought to be organized and how life ought to be lived |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-403) and index |
| Subject |
Social movements -- Research.
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Social movements.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| LC no. |
96004561 |
| ISBN |
0202305538 paper alkaline paper |
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020230552X cloth alkaline paper |
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