This chapter reviews the study of emotions in social movements. It begins by situating the
absence of emotions in social movement studies in relation to sociology as a field more …

Grassroots organizing and collective action have always been fundamental to American
democracy but have been burgeoning since the 2016 election, as people struggle to make …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

Following the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri,
and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest …

This book examines anti-corporate activism in the United States, including analysis of anti-
corporate challenges associated with social movements as diverse as the Civil Rights …

The use of violent coercion to repress unarmed protests, such as that seen during the Arab
Spring, sometimes backfires on the government–an outcome called 'political jiu-jitsu' …

From Gandhi's movement to win Indian independence to the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011,
an expanding number of citizens have used nonviolent action to win political goals. While …

This paper develops a perspective of mobilization based on the ethics of care to explore the
complexities of political solidarity in social movements. On the one hand, it is interested in …

An intimate study of the imaginative, subversive and often highly mischievous world of
British anti-militarismEngages with groups including Campaign Against Arms Trade, Stop …

Behind the walls of a church, Liliana and her baby eat, sleep, and wait. Outside, protestors
shout''Go back to Mexico!''and''Tax this political church!''They demand that the US …