Putting Social Movements in their Place. Explaining Opposition to Energy Projects in the United States, 2000‐2005McAdam, Doug and SchafferBoudetHilary Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2012), 266 p., ISBN 978‐1‐107‐65031‐2
Abstract:"Putting Social Movements in their Place" by Doug McAdam and Hilary Schaffer Boudet is not only a conventional research monograph but also a strong plea to put social movements "in their place" in terms of social phenomena, literature and scholarship. On the one hand they argue for a more humble place of social movements events and on the other hand they portray convincingly the evolution of the field of study over 40 years that has become increasingly narrow and self-referential. To challenge these tendencies… Show more
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