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Social Movements, 1768-2004 Charles Tilly
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Westerners invented social movements during the 18th century, but after that social movements became vehicles of popular politics across the world. Information, Communication & Society 15(5): 739-768. The Logic of Connective Action. French (1986), Grandes Estructuras, Procesos Amplios, Comparaciones Enormes (1991), Popular Contention in Great Britain, 1758-1834 (1995), La Desigualdad Persistente (2000) y Social Movements, 1768-2004 (2004). Charles Tilly's book Social Movements, 1768-2004 is such a wide idea to me, at times. The first edition of this book was called "Social Movements 1768-2004" but since I read the second (2009) edition, the title was updated and extended to encompass "Social Movements 1768-2008". In a careful study of a random representative sample of all social movement associations as “challenging groups” in the USA from 1800 to 1945, nearly half (48%) achieved some new advantages (changes in policy and practice) they were seeking as group/movement goals (Gamson 1990: p. Similar results have been found for a longer time span in Europe and North New York: New Viewpoints/Franklin Watts. I find it endlessly interesting that there is a field of study geared specifically towards social movements. Charles Tilly is one of the most important scholars of the social sciences (and beyond), and he is the author of a 2004 book, entitled Social Movements 1768-2004. Yesterday I did start reading Charles Tilly's new book, Social Movements, 1768-2004 (see link in the sidebar). Boulder, Colorado, USA: Paradigm Publishers.