There Will be Fighting in The Streets: The Distorting Lens of Social Movement Theory

摘要: We argue that the disproportionate attention accorded struggles of sixties has created a stylized image social movements threatens to distort our understanding popular contention, not only in earlier periods and nondemocratic contexts, but also contemporary U.S. This view tends equate with (a) disruptive protest public settings, (b) loosely coordinated national over political issues, (c) urban and/or campus based activities, (d) claim making by disadvantaged minorities. Drawing on larger study trends patterns collective civic engagement metropolitan Chicago, we employ new data some 1,000 events between 1970 2000 assess these four views address number related questions. The do support common imagery movements—since 1980 there been marked transformation movement form point where is now largely peaceful, routine, suburban, loca...