A Primer on Social Neuroscience

Abstract

At around 200 pages, Social Movements is an ideal introduction to the central questions facing sociologists today. The authors draw on a range of theoretical sources to examine five key questions about collective behavior and social movements: What are the conditions that account for the generation of mobilizing grievances? What are the contextual conditions that facilitate or constrain the emergence and flourishing of social movements? Why do only certain individuals come to participate in movement activity while other similarly situated individuals sit on the sidelines? How do social movements go about the business of strategically pressing their claims and dealing with the various relevant actors within their field of operation? What difference do movements make, and for whom and in what ways?