New Social Movements in Western Europe
A Comparative Analysis
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Minnesota Press
Published:31st Jul '95
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Explores the ecology, gay rights, peace, and women’s movements in Western Europe.
New social movements are defined as those that have arisen since the late sixties, and include the ecology, gay rights, peace, and women’s movements. This volume provides a cross-national comparison of the development, mobilization, and impact of new social movements in four Western European nations-France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
Seeking to move beyond classical theories of collective behavior, this study suggests that social change affects political mobilization indirectly through a restructuring of existing power relations. The authors of this study employ empiricial analysis to demonstrate that the mobilization of social movements is closely linked to conventional politics in the parliamentary and extraparliamentary arenas of each of the countries under discussion. Copublished with University College. LondonISBN: 9780816626717
Dimensions: 229mm x 149mm x 18mm
Weight: unknown
344 pages