Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (Critical Perspectives in Social Theory)

Brilliantly reconceptualizing social movements from a historical perspective, Foss and Larkin critically review the major theories in social movements. They analyze the mechanisms of the reproduction of social privilege to examine the underlying contradicitons in society which give rise to collective dissidence and conclude with some intriguing speculations as to the possibility of social revolution in the U.S. Essential reading for all social scientists, and for courses in social movements, contemporary social theory, and political sociology.Ralph Larkin is the author of 'Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (Critical Perspectives in Social Theory)', published 1986 under ISBN 9780897890878 and ISBN 0897890876.