The expanded second edition of the definitive interdisciplinary reference work on social and political movements, updated with more than 200 new entries
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements provides authoritative and up-to-date coverage of important social movements, revolutions, and related collective phenomena worldwide. Unparalleled in depth and scope, this comprehensive resource contains 600+ entries written by an international panel of contributors from disciplines such as sociology, political science, anthropology, human geography, and social psychology. Alphabetically organized entries encompass a comprehensive range of historical and modern movements, protests and topics that reflect a diversity of social contexts and theoretical perspectives, concepts, processes, and methods.
The second edition incorporates significant social and political changes and movements that have occurred over the past decade, including contemporary environmentalism, the rise of populist nationalism, the Black Lives Matter and me too movements, the January 6 assault on the United States Capitol, the anti-vaccine movement, independence movements in Hong Kong and Catalonia, and more. Throughout the encyclopedia, peer-reviewed entries written and revised by an international team of leading scholars describe an array of social protests, collective action initiatives, and political developments and changes while providing a deeper understanding of the social worlds in which they emerge and operate. This work:
Presents broad-based and interdisciplinary coverage of major social and political movements throughout different historical periods and geographic regions Contains hundreds of state-of-the-art entries organized and edited by a prestigious editorial team of leading scholars in their fields Explores key social and political historical developments such as the French Revolution, the Chinese Communist Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the American civil rights movement Includes entries on gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, identity, class, religion, and social control structured in a user-friendly A-Z format
Available online or as a four-volume print set, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements is an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers in the fields of social movements, sociology, political science, human geography, anthropology, and social psychology.
