Strategies for Social Change

<div> <p>The theory and practice of social movements come together in strategy-whether why and how people can realize their visions of another world by acting together. <i>Strategies for Social Change</i> offers a concise definition of strategy and a framework for differentiating between strategies. Specific chapters address microlevel decision-making processes and creativity coalition building in Northern Ireland nonviolent strategies for challenging repressive regimes identity politics GLBT rights the Christian right in Canada and the United States land struggles in Brazil and India movement-media publicity and corporate social movement organizations.</p> <p>Contributors: Jessica Ayo Alabi Orange Coast College; Kenneth T. Andrews U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Anna-Liisa Aunio U of Montreal; Linda Blozie; Tina Fetner McMaster U; James M. Jasper CUNY; Karen Jeffreys; David S. Meyer U of California Irvine; Sharon Erickson Nepstad U of New Mexico; Francesca Polletta U of California Irvine; Belinda Robnett U of California Irvine; Charlotte Ryan U of Massachusetts-Lowell; Carrie Sanders Wilfrid Laurier U; Kurt Schock Rutgers U; Jackie Smith U of Pittsburgh; Suzanne Staggenborg U of Pittsburgh; Stellan Vinthagen U West Sweden; Nancy Whittier Smith College.<br></p> </div>