Routledge Social Movement Organizations: Guide to Research on Insurgent Realities (Social Problems & Social Issues)

The authorative and richly detailed handbook is divided into three parts: (1) procedures for studying SMOs; (2) propositions or generalizations about them; and (3) perspectives or wider considerations relating to them. Included are discussions of such basic questions as: What causes SMOs and why do people join them? What are the beliefs and practices of SMOs? What effect do SMOs have, and what are the social reactions to them? About the Author John Lofland is professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California at Davis. He has served as president of the Pacific Sociological Society, has chaired the section on collective behavior and social movements of the American Sociological Association, and is founding editor of Urban Life, a Journal of Ethnographic Research. He is the author and coauthor of numerous works on social movements, social psychology, and research methods including the following: Doomsday Cult; Symbolic Sit-ins; Doing Social Life; Deviance and Identity; and Analyzing Social Settings.