Putting Social Movements in their Place

Explaining Opposition to Energy Projects in the United States, 2000–2005

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Social Science
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Author: Professor Doug McAdam, Hilary Boudet ISBN: 9781139366342
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: May 7, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Professor Doug McAdam, Hilary Boudet
ISBN: 9781139366342
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 7, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and 'movement-centric'. When combined with the tendency to select successful struggles for study, the conceptual and methodological conventions of the field conduce to a decidedly Ptolemaic view of social movements: one that exaggerates the frequency and causal significance of movements as a form of politics. This book reports the results of a comparative study, not of movements, but of communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. In stark contrast to the central thrust of the social movement literature, the authors find that the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects has been very low, and they seek to explain that variation and the impact, if any, it had on the ultimate fate of the proposed projects.

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The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and 'movement-centric'. When combined with the tendency to select successful struggles for study, the conceptual and methodological conventions of the field conduce to a decidedly Ptolemaic view of social movements: one that exaggerates the frequency and causal significance of movements as a form of politics. This book reports the results of a comparative study, not of movements, but of communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. In stark contrast to the central thrust of the social movement literature, the authors find that the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects has been very low, and they seek to explain that variation and the impact, if any, it had on the ultimate fate of the proposed projects.

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