Contemporary Social Movements: Historical and Descriptive Accounts

Presents an essential guide to understanding the dynamics of today's global social movements

Contemporary Social Movements: Descriptive & Historical Accounts responds to the urgent need for comprehensive, accessible overviews of the most consequential social movements shaping our world. Edited by renowned scholars in the field of social movements, this timely volume offers rich, empirically grounded, and historically situated portraits of 33 major contemporary movements. From the climate st...