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.

1 - Introduction: The Field of Social Movement Studies
2 - Social Movements in Social Theory
3 - Social movements in Political Science
4 - Historical Analysis and Social Movement Research
5 - Contentious Politics
6 - New Theoretical Directions from the Study of Gender and Sexuality Movements
7 - Historical Dynamics of Capitalism and Labor Movements
8 - Demography and Social Movements
9 - Migration and Social Movements
10 - Religious Revivalism and Social Movements
11 - Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Social Movements
12 - Urban Dynamics and Social Movements
13 - Motivations to Action
14 - Networks as Constraints and Opportunities
15 - Rational action
16 - Micromobilization and Emotions
17 - Demobilization and Disengagement in a Life Course Perspective
18 - Social Movements and Organizational Analysis
19 - Network Approaches and Social Movements
20 - Social Movement Coalitions
21 - Movements as Communities
22 - New Technologies and Social Movements
23 - Communication in Movements
24 - Geography and Social Movements
25 - Strategy
26 - Repertoires of Contention
27 - Riots
28 - Political Violence
29 - Guerrilla and Armed Insurrections
30 - Civil Resistance
31 - Consumer Strategies in Social Movements
32 - Voluntary Action and Social Movements
33 - Cultural Conflicts and Social Movements
34 - Narrative and Social Movements
35 - The Art of Social Movement
36 - Visuals in Social Movements
37 - Practice Movements: The Politics of Non-Sovereign Power
38 - Immanent Accounts: Ethnography, Engagement, and Social Movement Practices
39 - Contentious Collective Action and the Evolving Nation-State
40 - Social Movements and the Multilateral Arena
41 - 'The Game's Afoot': Social Movements in Authoritarian States
42 - Repression: The Governance of Domestic Dissent
43 - Managing Protest: The Political Action Repertoires of Corporations
44 - Party Systems, Electoral Systems, and Social Movements
45 - Populism, Social Movements, and Popular Subjectivity
46 - Markets, Business, and Social Movements
47 - Welfare Changes and Social Movements
48 - The Impacts of Environmental Movements
49 - Is it Social Movements that Construct Human Rights?
50 - The Conditions for Civil Society Participation in International Decision Making
51 - Democracy within Movements
52 - Democratic Innovations
53 - Revolutions and Regime Changes

Donatella della Porta is Professor of Political science, Scuola Normale Superiore, and the Director of the Center, Social Movement Studies-Cosmos, Florence. Mario Diani is Professor of Sociology, University of Trento.