MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Nick Crossley is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester. His studies of social movements have included a detailed analysis of the UK anti-psychiatry and psychiatric survivor movements, and an investigation of the relationship of movement politics to higher education. His previous publications include The Politics of Subjectivity (1994), Intersubjectivity (1996), and The Social Body (2001).

• AcknowlegementsIntroductionSocial unrest, movement culture and identitythe symbolic interactionistsSmelser's value-added approachRational actor theoryResources, networks and organizationsOpportunities, cognition and biographyRepertoires, frames and cyclesNew social movementsSocial movements and the theory of practicea new synthesisBibliographyIndex.

'...a clear and accessible overview of both classical and more recent theoretical approaches in social movement research....a well written book that makes a persuasive case for revisiting the work of classical social movement theorists, and a stimulating reflection on the applicability of Bourdieu theory of practice within social movement research....an important and thought-provoking contribution to the to the social movements literature' - Robert Gibb