Abstract

Introduction: The Promise of Social Movement Societies / Howard Ramos and Kathleen Rodgers Part 1: Political and Historical Context 1 Reconsidering the Social Movement Society in the New Century / David S. Meyer and Amanda Pullum 2 Evangelical Radio: Institution Building and the Religious Right / Tina Fetner, Allyson Stokes, and Carrie B. Sanders 3 The Social Movement Society and the Human Rights State / Dominique Clement 4 Institutionalization, State Funding, and Advocacy in the Quebec Women's Movement / Dominique Masson Part 2: State Dynamics and Processes 5 How the State Shapes Social Movements: An Examination of the Environmental Movement in Canada / Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Mabel Ho 6 Immigrant Collective Mobilization and Socio-economic Integration in Canada / Philippe Couton 7 Uncooperative Movements, Militarized Policing, and the Social Movement Society / Lesley Wood Part 3: How People Participate 8 Social Movement Communities in the Movement Society / Suzanne Staggenborg 9 No to Protests, Yes to Festivals: How the Creative Class Organizes in the Social Movement Society / Judith Taylor 10 Justification and Critique in the Social Movement Society / Jim Conley 11 The Concept of Social Movement and Its Relationship to the Social Movement Society: An Empirical Investigation / David B. Tindall and Joanna L. Robinson Part 4: Knowledge and Culture 12 Alternative Policy Groups and Global Civil Society: Networks and Discourses of Counter-Hegemony / William K. Carroll 13 Wilderness Revisited: Canadian Environmental Movements and the Eco-Politics of Special Places / Mark C.J. Stoddart 14 Alberta Internalizing Oil Sands Opposition: A Test of the Social Movement Society Thesis / Randolph Haluza-DeLay Conclusion: What We Can Say about the Promise of Social Movement Societies / Kathleen Rodgers and Howard Ramos References Index

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