Social Theory and Social Movements Mutual Inspirations

Social movements are not only a potential challenge to societies, they also challenge social theory. This volume looks at social movements and social movement research through the lens of different social theories. What can social movement studies learn f

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Social Theory and Social Movements Mutual Inspirations

Social Theory and Social Movements

Jochen Roose Hella Dietz •

Editors

Social Theory and Social Movements Mutual Inspirations

Editors

Jochen Roose Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies, University of Wrocław Wrocław Poland

Hella Dietz Institut für Soziologie Georg-August University of Göttingen Göttingen, Lower Saxony Germany

ISBN 978-3-658-13380-1 ISBN 978-3-658-13381-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-13381-8

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Contents

Paths of Innovation in Social Movement Research Theory . . . . . . . . . .

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Jochen Roose Discourse, Power, and Governmentality. Social Movement Research with and beyond Foucault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Britta Baumgarten and Peter Ullrich Social Movements and the Rationality of Choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Annette Schnabel Bourdieu Meets Social Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Lars Schmitt Social Movements and Sociological Systems Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Isabel Kusche Inequality, Inclusion, and Protest. Jeffrey Alexander’s Theory of the Civil Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Thomas Kern Social Movements and Neo-Institutionalism: A Fruitful Merger? . . . . . . 113

Jochen Roose Judith Butler and the Politics of Protest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Dorothea Reinmuth Networks, Interaction, and Conflict: A Relational Sociology of Social Movements and Protest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Nick Crossley

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Editors and Contributors

About the Editors Dr. Jochen Roose is profe