Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration or The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration

Author: John Lock

Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars. Ian Shapiro's introduction places Locke's political writings in historical and biographical context. John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which Locke wrote the Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration and the major interpretive controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a comprehensive discussion of Locke's views on women and the family, and Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of Locke's political theory. Taken together, the texts and essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke's political thought.

Author Biography: Ian Shapiro is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor and chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University. John Dunn is professor of social and political science at Cambridge University. Ruth Grant is professor of political science at Duke University.

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The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

Author: David A Snow

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements is a compilation of original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars. Covering a diverse range of topics in the field of social movement studies, this volume offers an illuminating guide to understanding the dynamics and operation of social movements within the modern, global world.

The abundance of social movement activity throughout the world, both violent and nonviolent, has made the study of social movements a valuable resource for helping students and scholars to engage and understand their own social world. Issues covered in this one volume include: historical, political, and cultural contexts; leadership; organizational dynamics; social networks and participation; consequences and outcomes; and synthetic overviews of major social movements, including labor, anti-war, women’s, religious, ethnic and national, and environmental movements.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
	Acknowledgments
1	Mapping the Terrain	3
2	Protest in Time and Space: The Evolution of Waves of Contention	19
3	The Strange Career of Strain and Breakdown Theories of Collective Action	47
4	Political Context and Opportunity	67
5	The Cultural Contexts of Collective Action: Constraints, Opportunities, and the Symbolic Life of Social Movements	91
6	Resources and Social Movement Mobilization	116
7	Beyond the Iron Law: Rethinking the Place of Organizations in Social Movement Research	155
8	Leadership in Social Movements	171
9	Movement Allies, Adversaries, and Third Parties	197
10	Policing Social Protest	217
11	Bystanders, Public Opinion, and the Media	242
12	"Get up, Stand up": Tactical Repertoires of Social Movements	262
13	Diffusion Processes within and across Movements	294
14	Transnational Processes and Movements	311
15	Networks and Participation	339
16	The Demand and Supply of Participation: Social-Psychological Correlates of Participation in Social Movements	360
17	Framing Processes, Ideology, and Discursive Fields	380
18	Emotional Dimensions of Social Movements	413
19	Collective Identity, Solidarity, and Commitment	433
20	The Legislative, Organizational, and Beneficiary Consequences of State-Oriented Challengers	461
21	Personal and Biographical Consequences	489
22	The Cultural Consequences of Social Movements	508
23	The Consequences of Social Movements for Each Other	531
24	The Labor Movement in Motion	555
25	Feminism and the Women's Movement: A Global Perspective	576
26	Environmental Movements	608
27	Antiwar and Peace Movements	641
28	Ethnic and Nationalist Social Movements	666
29	Religious Movements	694
	Index	717