Joseph Luders is Gottesman Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University. His research focuses on social movements, civil rights politics and policy, and American political development.

“The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change is one of the best-crafted books I have seen in a while. It advances our knowledge in many ways, bringing into the fray social movement targets, third parties, economic actors and recasting multiple aspects of conventional accounts of the mobilization of the U.S. civil rights movement…Perhaps the greatest strength of this piece is that it is theoretically nuanced, empirically rich and historically challenging analysis that will provoke much debate and generate renewed attention by both social movements and U.S. civil rights scholars.” – Lorenzo Bosi, European University Institute, Mobilization

• 1. The logic of social movement outcomes; 2. Civil rights and reactive countermobilization; 3. The calculus of compromise; 4. Local struggles; 5. Patterns of regional change; 6. Federal responses to civil rights mobilization; 7. Conclusion.

Joseph Luders is Gottesman Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University. His research focuses on social movements, civil rights politics and policy, and American political development.

“The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change is one of the best-crafted books I have seen in a while. It advances our knowledge in many ways, bringing into the fray social movement targets, third parties, economic actors and recasting multiple aspects of conventional accounts of the mobilization of the U.S. civil rights movement…Perhaps the greatest strength of this piece is that it is theoretically nuanced, empirically rich and historically challenging analysis that will provoke much debate and generate renewed attention by both social movements and U.S. civil rights scholars.” – Lorenzo Bosi, European University Institute, Mobilization

• 1. The logic of social movement outcomes; 2. Civil rights and reactive countermobilization; 3. The calculus of compromise; 4. Local struggles; 5. Patterns of regional change; 6. Federal responses to civil rights mobilization; 7. Conclusion.

Joseph Luders is Gottesman Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University. His research focuses on social movements, civil rights politics and policy, and American political development.

“The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change is one of the best-crafted books I have seen in a while. It advances our knowledge in many ways, bringing into the fray social movement targets, third parties, economic actors and recasting multiple aspects of conventional accounts of the mobilization of the U.S. civil rights movement…Perhaps the greatest strength of this piece is that it is theoretically nuanced, empirically rich and historically challenging analysis that will provoke much debate and generate renewed attention by both social movements and U.S. civil rights scholars.” – Lorenzo Bosi, European University Institute, Mobilization

• 1. The logic of social movement outcomes; 2. Civil rights and reactive countermobilization; 3. The calculus of compromise; 4. Local struggles; 5. Patterns of regional change; 6. Federal responses to civil rights mobilization; 7. Conclusion.