Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Political and Historical Context
6. Reconsidering the Social Movement Society in the New Century 21
7. Evangelical Radio 44
8. The Social Movement Society and the Human Rights State 61
9. Institutionalization, State Funding, and Advocacy in the Quebec Women’s Movement 79
10. State Dynamics and Processes
11. How the State Shapes Social Movements 101
12. Immigrant Collective Mobilization and Socio-economic Integration in Canada 118
13. Uncooperative Movements, Militarized Policing, and the Social Movement Society 138
14. How People Participate
15. Social Movement Communities in the Movement Society 155
16. No to Protests, Yes to Festivals 173
17. Justification and Critique in the Social Movement Society 191
18. The Concept of Social Movement and Its Relationship to the Social Movement Society 208
19. Knowledge and Culture
20. Alternative Policy Groups and Global Civil Society 233
21. Wilderness Revisited 255
22. Alberta Internalizing Oil Sands Opposition 274
23. Conclusion 297
24. References 308
25. List of Contributors 347
26. Index 352