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List of figuresList of boxesAcknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Social movement research methods 3 Origins of social movement studies 4 Political opportunity, resource mobilisation, and social movement organisation 5 Social movements, old and new 6 Protest and culture 7 Religious movements and social movements 8 Struggles over space 9 Media and movements 10 Legal mobilisation, protest policing, and criminal justice activism 11 Global activism 12 Conclusion References

In this tenth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines.

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