The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements

The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements is an innovative volume that presents a comprehensive exploration of social movement studies, mapping the field and expanding it to examine the recent developments in cognate areas of studies, within and beyond sociology and political science.

This volume brings together the most distinguished social and political scientists working in this field, each writing thought-provoking essays in their area of expertise, and facilitates conversations between classic social movement agenda and lines of research. The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements discusses core theoretical perspectives, recent contributions from the field, and how patterns of macro social change may affect social movements, as well as suggesting what contributions social movement studies can give to other research areas in various disciplines.

Donatella Della Porta is Professor of Political Science, Scuola Normale Superiore, and the Director of the Center, Social Movement Studies-Cosmos, Florence. She is also directs a major ERC project Mobilizing for Democracy, on civil society participation in democratization processes in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Among her very recent publications are: Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research (Oxford University Press, 2014), Spreading Protest (ECPR Press 2014, with Alice Mattoni), Participatory Democracy in Southern Europe (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014, with Joan Font and Yves Sintomer), Mobilizing for Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2014), and Can Democracy be Saved? (Polity Press, 2013). In 2011, she was the recipient of the Mattei Dogan Prize for distinguished achievements in the field of political sociology.

Mario Diani is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento. His research focuses primarily on social movements, collective action, and political networks. Publications include The Cement of Civil Society: Studying Networks in Localities (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Social Movements (with Donatella della Porta, Blackwell, 2006), and Social Movements and Networks (co-edited with Doug McAdam, Oxford University Press, 2003), as well as articles in leading journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology and Social Networks. He was European Editor of Mobilization from 1997-2005 and a board member of INSNA-International Network for Social Network Analysis from 2010-2013.

1. Introduction: The Field of Social Movement Studies, Donatella della Porta and Mario Diani
I. Core Theoretical Perspectives
2. Social Movements in Social Theory, Klaus Eder
3. Social movements in Political Science, Ondrej Cisar
4. Historical Analysis and Social Movement Research, John Markoff
5. Contentious Politics, Sidney Tarrow
6. New Theoretical Directions from the Study of Gender and Sexuality Movements, Stephen Wulff, Mary Bernstein, and Verta Taylor
II. Social Movements and Structural Processes
7. Historical Dynamics of Capitalism and Labor Movements, Beverly J. Silver and Sahan Savas Karatasli
8. Demography and Social Movements, Jack A. Goldstone
9. Migration and Social Movements, Nina Eggert and Marco Giugni
10. Religious Revivalism and Social Movements, Lasse Lindekilde and Lene Kuhle
11. Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Social Movements, Diego Muro
12. Urban Dynamics and Social Movements, Massimiliano Andretta, Gianni Piazza, and Anna Subirats
III. Micro-Dynamics of Contention
13. Motivations to Action, Bert Klandermans
14. Networks as Constraints and Opportunities, David B. Tindall
15. Rational action, Pamela Oliver
16. Micromobilization and Emotions, Helena Flam
17. Demobilization and Disengagement in a Life Course Perspective, Olivier Fillieule
IV. How Movements Organize
18. Social Movements and Organizational Analysis, Frank den Hond, Frank G.A. de Bakker, and Nikolai Smith
19. Network Approaches and Social Movements, Mario Diani and Ann Mische
20. Social Movement Coalitions, Holly J. McCammon, and Minyoung Moon
21. Movements as Communities, Hatem M. Hassan and Suzanne Staggenborg
22. New Technologies and Social Movements, Jennifer Earl, Jayson Hunt, R. Kelly Garrett, and Aysenur Dal
23. Communication in Movements, W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg
24. Geography and Social Movements, Paul Routledge
V. Repertoires of Collective Action
25. Strategy, James Jasper, Kevin Moran, and Marisa Tramontano
26. Repertoires of Contention, Eitan Y. Alimi
27. Riots, David Waddington
28. Political Violence, Lorenzo Bosi and Stefan Malthaner
29. Guerrilla and Armed Insurrections, Elisabeth Wood
30. Civil Resistance, Daniel P. Ritter
31. Consumer Strategies in Social Movements, Michele Micheletti and Dietlind Stolle
32. Voluntary Action and Social Movements, Helmut Anheier and Nikolas Scherer
VI. Cultures of Contention
33. Cultural Conflicts and Social Movements, Anna E. Tan and David A. Snow
34. Narrative and Social Movements, Francesca Polletta and Beth Gharrity Gardner
35. The Art of Social Movement, Ron Eyerman
36. Visuals in Social Movements, Nicole Doerr, Alice Mattoni, and Simon Teune
37. Practice Movements: The Politics of Non-Sovereign Power, Julia Eckert
38. Immanent Accounts: Ethnography, Engagement, and Social Movement Practices, Jeff Juris and Alex Khasnabish
VII. Political and Non-Political Opportunities and Constraints
39. Contentious Collective Action and the Evolving Nation-State, Mark R. Beissinger
40. Social Movements and the Multilateral Arena, Jackie Smith
41. 'The Game's Afoot': Social Movements in Authoritarian States, Hank Johnston
42. Repression: The Governance of Domestic Dissent, Abby Peterson and Matthias Wahlstrom
43. Managing Protest: The Political Action Repertoires of Corporations, Philip Balsiger
44. Party Systems, Electoral Systems, and Social Movements, Hanspeter Kriesi
45. Populism, Social Movements, and Popular Subjectivity, Kenneth M. Roberts
46. Markets, Business, and Social Movements, Sarah A. Soule and Brayden G. King
VIII. Movements' Contributions to Social and Political Change
47. Welfare Changes and Social Movements, Colin Barker and Michel Lavalette
48. The Impacts of Environmental Movements, Christopher Rootes and Eugene Nulman
49. Is it Social Movements that Construct Human Rights?, Kate Nash
50. The Conditions for Civil Society Participation in International Decision Making, Raffaele Marchetti
51. Democracy within Movements, Donatella della Porta
52. Democratic Innovations, Julien Talpin
53. Revolutions and Regime Changes, Jeff Goodwin and Rene Rojas