Social Stratification and Social Movements

<p>This volume addresses the contested relationship between social stratification and social movements in three different ways: First the authors address the relationship between social stratification and the emergence of protest mobilization. Second the texts look at social stratification and social positions to explain variations in political orientations as well as differing aims and interests of protestors. Finally the volume focuses on the socio-structural composition of protestors. <i>Social Stratification and Social Movements</i> takes up recent attempts to reconnect research on these two fields. Instead of calling for a return of a class perspective or abandoning the classical social movement research agenda it introduces a multi-dimensional perspective on stratification and social movements and broadens the view by extending the empirical analysis beyond Europe.</p>