| Frames of Protest: Social Movements and the Framing Perspective Contributor(s): Johnston, Hank (Editor), Noakes, John A. (Editor), Benford, Robert D. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0742538060 ISBN-13: 9780742538061 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $145.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: Frames of Protest is the only book available that brings together empirical research and theoretical essays by sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. The major themes of the framing perspective are treated: evidence for the determining influence of collective action frames, their role in protest cycles, framing practices by the state and media, their relationship to political structures, frames versus ideologies as mobilizing factors, and methods of framing research. The collection offers a state-of-the-art view of this important perspective. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2005014998 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 7.03" W x 10.28" (1.64 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frames of Protest brings together important empirical research and theoretical essays by leading sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. Frames are new ways of understanding political and social relations that emphasize injustice and the need for change. As such, they are crucial for the development of social movements and protest. Frames of Protest is the only book to focus exclusively on this major research perspective in social movement and protest studies. Thirteen chapters encompass the major themes in the framing perspective to offer a state-of-the-art review. Three chapters present evidence for the determining influence of framing in social movement mobilization. Next, framing activities by the state and the mass media are analyzed. Then, two research reports examine the effect of political opportunities on framing-in Poland under the Communists and in New York City's ethnic politics. Several chapters by leading theorists present a lively debate about the relationship of ideologies to collective action frames. The book closes with a hands-on discussion about analyzing textual materials and interview transcripts to do frame analysis that lends itself to longitudinal and cross-case comparisons. |