How Social Movements MatterWe have all witnessed social movements and felt their effects -- some subtle, others profound. But to truly understand their impact over time, in different countries, and on various segments of society requires the kind of rare insight this book provides. Bringing together several well-known scholars, this volume offers an assessment of the consequences of social movements in Western countries. Policy, institutional, cultural, short- and long-term, and intended and unintended outcomes are among the types of consequences the authors consider in depth. They also compare political outcomes of several contemporary movements -- specifically, women's, peace, ecology, and extreme-rights movements -- in different countries. |
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Social Movements and Public Policy | 3 |
Making an Impact Conceptual and Methodological Implications of the Collective Goods Criterion | 22 |
The Impact of Social Movements on Political Institutions A Comparison of the Introduction of Direct Legislation in Switzerland and the United States | 42 |
Protest Protesters and Protest Policing Public Discourses in Italy and Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s | 66 |
Political Protest and Institutional Change The AntiVietnam War Movement and American Science | 95 |
The Biographical Impact of Activism | 115 |
Comparative Perspectives | 145 |
Feminist Politics in a Hostile Environment Obstacles and Opportunities | 147 |
How the Cold War Was Really Won The Effects of the Antinuclear Movements of the 1980s | 180 |
The Impact of Environmental Movements in Western Societies | 202 |
Ethnic and Civic Conceptions of Nationhood and the Differential Success of the Extreme Right in Germany and Italy | 223 |
From Interactions to Outcomes in Social Movements | 251 |
Bibliography | 269 |
Contributors | 301 |
Index | 305 |
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