New Social Movements From Ideology to Identity

Cultural changes over the past two decades have led to a proliferation of new social movements in Europe and the United States. New social movements such as ecology, peace, ethnicity, New Age philosophies, alternative medicine, and gender and sexual identity are among those that are emerging to challenge traditional categories in social movement theory. Synthesizing classic and modern perspectives the contributors help to redefine the field of social movements and advance an understanding of them through cross-cultural research, comparison with older movements, and an examination of the dimensions of identity-individual, collective, and melding of the two. Author note: Enrique LaraÑais Titular Professor of Sociology at the University of Madrid, Spain. Hank Johnstonis a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at San Diego State University. Joseph R. Gusfieldis Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.Laraña, Enrique is the author of 'New Social Movements From Ideology to Identity' with ISBN 9781566391870 and ISBN 1566391873.