Zum Stand der Forschung zu sozialen Bewegungen
In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen: Analysen zu Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 20-47
ISSN: 2192-4848
In his essay Dieter Rucht reflects the state of the art of the research on social movements. He refers to the beginnings of social movement research in Germany and analyzes its development and its findings. He describes the varying approaches used by the different scientific disciplines and analyzes different analytical and theoretical approaches. Rucht balances strengths and weaknesses of research on social movements and concludes his article with four challenges posed on especially the German social movement research. Adapted from the source document