Social Movement Organizations: Guide to Research on Insurgent Realities (Social problems & social issues) Book

Well known for his sociological studies of social movements, John Lofland has written the authoritative guide to research on social movement organizations viewed as insurgent realities. His exhaustively detailed handbook is divided into three parts: (1) procedures for studying social movement organizations (or "SMOs"); (2) propositions or generalizations about them; and (3) perspectives or wider considerations relating to them. Part One on procedures explains the four research tasks of selecting specific SMOs for study, collecting data on them, asking questions about them, and answering those questions. In Part Two, Lofland reviews answers to central questions about SMOs and presents major generalizations (or propositions) found in the extensive literature on them. The guide concludes with suggestions on how to" analyze published research on SMOs and an agenda for the further development of social movement studies.Read More