A Durkheimian Theory of Social Movements

Durkheimian Theory of Violence Epidemiology

Durkheim's theoretical and methodological approach to collective violence becomes more relevant as violence rises globally. The scope, depth, and sophistication of his approach provides the basis of a framework for integrating criminological theory and research in the middle-range, and focused on community or interpersonal patterns of violence. His combination of macro social conditions, with e...

The theory and practice of social movements

Two of the books reviewed here, those of Foweraker, and Eyerman and Jamison, approach the question of social movements from different theoretical perspectives, whilst that of Lipietz is written very much as an advocate from within the ecological movement. Both the more academic books provide a critical assessment of the theoretical developments to date, from North America and Europe, and in so ...

Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory'

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modernity and social movements

in this article, the writer discusses the concept of modernity and its relationship with social movements, as is reflected in classical works on modernity as well as in the contemporary modern political and sociological thoughts. the purpose is not to present a quantitative analysis of the development of the concept of modernity, but to explain the relationship between modernity and political a...

A Durkheimian Explanation for Suicide Terrorism