States, parties, and social movements /edited by Jack A. Goldstone.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2003.
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages) : illustrations
- Cambridge studies in contentious politics .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : Bridging institutionalized and noninstitutionalized politics / Countermovements, the state, and the intensity of racial contention in the American south / State versus social movement : FBI counterintelligence against the New Left / Setting the state's agenda : church-based community organizations in American urban politics / State pacts, elites, and social movements in Mexico's transition to democracy / Parties out of movements : party emergence in postcommunist Eastern Eruope / Parties, movements, and constituencies in categorizing race : state-level outcomes of multiracial category legislation / Protest cycles and party politics : the effects of elite allies and antagonists on student protest in the United States, 1930-1990 / Jack A. Goldstone -- Joseph Luders -- David Cunningham -- Heidi J. Swarts -- Jorge Cadena-Roa -- John K. Glenn --From movement to party to government : why social policies in Kerala and West Bengal are so different / Manali Desai -- Kim M. Williams -- Nella Van Dyke.
Studies of social movements and of politcal parties have usually treated them as separate and distinct. This collection demonstrates how in fact they are deeply intertwined. The essays examine the interaction between social movements and party politics since the 1950s. This book, first published in 2003, is about how social protest movements become involved with political parties and elections. Most books on social movements treat them as special episodes, apart from normal politics, but this book shows how movements really are a 'normal' part of modern politics, shaping parties and elections. Studies of social movements and of political parties have usually treated them as separate and distinct. In fact they are deeply intertwined. Social movements often shape electoral competition and party policies; they can even give rise to new parties. At the same time, political parties and campaigns shape the opportunities, personnel, and outcomes of social movements. In many countries, electoral democracy itself is the outcome of social movement actions. This book, first published in 2003, examines the interaction of social movements and party politics since the 1950s, both in the United States and around the world. In studies of the US Civil Rights movement, the New Left, the Czechoslovak dissident movements, the Mexican struggle for democracy, and other episodes, this volume shows how party politics and social movements cannot be understood without appreciating their intimate relationship.