Social Movements

Vincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University in London and at the University of Pisa in Italy. He is the author of Crime and Markets; Movements in the City; Crime in Literature; Understanding Political Violence; Organised and Corporate Crime in Europe and co-author of Eurodrugs.  He co-edited Western European Penal Systems and The New European Criminology.  Nicola Montagna is research fellow at Middlesex University.  He is the editor of I Movimenti Sociali e le Mobilitazioni Globali (Milan: Franco Angeli), and is currently researching global social movements from a cognitive and organisational perspective.

"A very precious instrument for those who want to read about social movements across time, space and approaches." – Donatella della Porta, European University, Italy"In bleak or despairing times we fall back into history with its singular, unique stories, whereas in times of emerging confidence we demand from sociology the generalization of experience in the register of reason. Contemporary sociology requires debate, dialogue, and discussion within itself, and recollection and reconstitution from without its boundaries. In a brilliant selection of European and American readings grouped around the major interpretations of social movements, Ruggiero and Montagna have renewed the classic study of social collectivities with comprehensive critique and much-needed clarity." – Peter Linebaugh, University of Toledo, USA"Hats off to the editors on a truly innovative collection of readings on social movements. Besides the "usual suspects," Ruggiero and Montagna have included selections from the likes of Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel reminding us that an interest in conflict and collective action has been a part of sociology from the very beginning. And the section on "new global movements" is a welcome addition as well, redressing the longstanding western bias in the field." – Doug McAdam, Stanford University, USA

• Part 1: Conflict and Collective Action. 'The Communist Manifesto' Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 'A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy' Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte' Karl Marx. 'The Division of Labour in Society' Emile Durkheim. 'The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life' Emile Durkheim. 'Conflict (On Individuality and Social Forms)' Georg Simmel. 'The Crowd' Gustave Le Bon Part 2: Hegemony and Collective Behaviour. 'The City' Max Weber. 'Class, Status, Party' Max Weber. 'Notes on Italian History' Antonio Gramsci. 'The Modern Prince' Antonio Gramsci. 'Social Movements' Herbert Blumer. 'The Politics of Mass Society' William Kornhauser. 'Theory of Collective Behaviour' Neil Smelser Part 3: Resource Mobilisation. 'The Logic of Collective Action' Mancur Olson. 'Social Conflict and Social Movements' Anthony Oberschall. 'Resource Mobilisation and Social Movements: A Partial Theory' John McCarthy and Mayer Zald. 'Resource Mobilisation Theory and the Study of Social Movements' Craig Jenkins. 'The Critical Mass in Collective Action' Gerard Marwell and Pamela Oliver Part 4: Social Movements and the Political Process. 'Power in Movement' Sidney Tarrow. 'Personal Politics' Sara Evans. 'The Conditions of Protest Behaviour in American Cities' Peter K. Eisinger. 'Social Movements and Direct Democracy in Switzerland' Hanspeter Kriesi and Dominique Wisler. 'Poor People’s Movements' Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward. 'Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency 1930-1970' Doug McAdam. 'Social Movements and National Politics' Charles Tilly Part 5: New Social Movements. 'New Social Movements' Jurgen Habermas. 'New Social Movements: Challenging the Boundaries of Institutional Politics' Claus Offe. 'An Introduction to the Study of Social Movements' Alain Touraine. 'A Strange Kind of Newness: What’s ‘New’ in New Social Movements?' Alberto Melucci. 'Conflict Networks and the Origin of Women’s Liberation' Carol Mueller. 'Theory and Protest in Latin America Today' Arturo Escobar and Sonia Alvarez Part 6: New Directions. 'Mobilisation and Participation: Social-Psychological Expansions of Resource Mobilisation Theory' Bert Klandermans. 'Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilisation and Movement Participation David Snow et al. 'The Concept of Social Movement' Mario Diani. 'Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach' Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison. 'Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements' Doug McAdam, John McCarthy and Mayer Zald. 'Putting Emotions in their Place' Craig Calhoun Part 7: New Global Movements. Grassroots Globalisation Arjun Appadurai. 'Globalisation and Gender: New Threats, New Strategies' Marjorie Mayo. 'Globalizing Resistance: The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements' Jackie Smith. 'From Santiago to Seattle: Transnational Advocacy Groups Restructuring World Politics' Sanjeev Khagram, James V. Riker and Kathyn Sikkink. 'Transnational Protest and Global Activism' Donatella Della Porta and Sidney Tarrow. 'Social Movements and Global Mobilisations' Nicola Montagna. 'Dichotomies and Contemporary Social Movements' Vincenzo Ruggiero