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The May Thirtieth Incident which occurred in Shanghai during 1925 has been regarded by the Chinese as one of the most important events in modern Chinese history, and the incident has been called 'Wu-san Ch'an-an' (the May 30th Tragedy) ever since 1925. Yet only a few studies in the Western languages deal with such an important event. Among those few studies, two of them concentrate on the role of labor in the movement, and the other after collecting a lot of source materials decides to add a subtitle, 'an outline', to recognize the vastness and complexity of the subject without making much effort to analyze or discuss the movement.

Table of Contents -- I. Introduction: The Transformation of Primordial Sentiment p. 1 / II. Foundation of the Dravidian Movement p. 8 / III. The Justice Party p. 16 / IV. The Dravida Kazagham p. 25 / V. The Dravida Munnetra Kazagham p. 32 / VI. Dravidian Politics and the First General Elections p. 40 / VII. The Second General Elections p. 51 / VIII. Crisis and Victory p. 65 / Bibliography p. 81 / Index p. 87 ; Government

A survey is presented of recent research findings in the sociological study of religious movements following two main objectives: (1) to describe what is called the 'conventional problematic' & to suggest some of its important shortcomings, & (2) to argue that three fresh perspectives have recently emerged in this field of study. This has resulted in an increased sensitivity: (A) to matters of movement organization, (B) to the grounding of religious movements in social networks & organizational fields, & (C) to their competence in creating a symbolic articulation of their followers' experiences. The most significant impact of these changing perspectives has been a stronger input of ideas from general sociological theories than is possible within the framework of the conventional problematic. The task of explaining religious movements is thereby made more complex but also more challenging. AA.

Two types of leadership styles in social movements are constructed on the basis of closed or open access to the source of legitimacy. Several predictions about structural consequences of the open or closed access are then made. The types are applied to four cases: the Nazis, the Manson Family, the Millerites and Women's Liberation. The hypotheses are confirmed.