Hella Dietz – författare

Social movements are not only a potential challenge tosocieties, they also challenge social theory. This volume looks at socialmovements and social movement research through the lens of different socialtheories. What can social movement studies learn from these theories? And: Whatcan these theories learn from the analysis of social movements? From thisdouble vantage point, the book discusses the theories of Michel Foucault,Pierre Bourdieu, Niklas Luhmann, Jeffrey Alexander, and Judith Butler, as wellas rational choice theory, relational sociology, and organizationalneo-institutionalism.