RETHINKING SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY

In: Socialist review: SR, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 67-80

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT MODERN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS LACK THE THEORY NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE. THE MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE EMERGED IN THE POSTWAR ERA DIFFER FROM THE MOVEMENTS OF EARLIER PERIODS IN WAYS THAT CALL FOR A RETHINKING OF THEORY.