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Author Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto, 1951-

Title Social movements in politics : a comparative study / by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh
Edition Expanded edition
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Description xii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Series Perspectives in comparative politics
Comparative government and politics (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Perspectives in comparative politics.
Contents Pt. 1. How we think about social movements -- 1. Recent traditions in social-movement theorizing -- Pt. 2. West 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Mexico's zapatistas and the globalization of protest -- 11. A world to be remade : sociopolitical circumstances of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation -- 12. Political antecedents -- 13. Wanderings of Zapata's ghost -- Pt. 6. Conclusions -- 14. From history to theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-264) and index
Subject Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.
NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization)
Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group)
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico)
Social movements -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
Political participation -- Case studies.
LC no. 2006041562
ISBN 1403963762 (alk. paper)
1403970475 (alk. paper)