Rhyming Hope and History Activists, Academics, and Social Movement Scholarship David Croteau, William Hoynes, and Charlotte Ryan, editors Table of Contents		$25.00 Paper ISBN: 0-8166-4621-X ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4621-0 $75.00 Cloth ISBN: 0-8166-4620-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4620-3
Confronts the gulf between social movement theory and activism. Rhyming Hope and History exposes the frayed relations between activism and social movement scholarship and examines the causes and consequences of this disconnect between theory and practice. Both scholars and activists explore solutions, weighing the promise and perils of engaged theory and the barriers to meaningful collaboration. This volume asserts that partnerships among scholars and activists benefit both academic inquiry and social change efforts. “Where Rhyming Hope and History makes its contribution. . . is in going beyond critique and offering concrete examples of productive collaboration and theoretically informed reflections on the benefits of movement-centered research for social movement theory.” —Contemporary Sociology Contributors: Kevin M. Carragee, Catherine Corrigall-Brown, Myra Marx Ferree, Richard Flacks, Adria D. Goodson, Richard Healy, Sandra Hinson, David Meyer, Cynthia Peters, Barbara Risman, Robert J. S. Ross, Leila J. Rupp, Cassie Schwerner, Valerie Sperling, David A. Snow, Verta Taylor. David Croteau is formerly associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. William Hoynes is professor of sociology and director of media studies at Vassar College. Charlotte Ryan is codirector of the Media Research and Action Project at Boston College. William A. Gamson is professor of sociology at Boston College. 320 pages | 1 table | 5 7⁄8 x 9 | August 2005 Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series, volume 24 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction: Integrating Social Movement Theory and Practice   Part I. Activism and Research 1. The Question of Relevance in Social Movement Studies Richard Flacks 2. Which Side Are You On? The Tension between Movement Scholarship and Activism      David Croteau 3. Knowing What’s Wrong Is Not Enough: Creating Strategy and Vision  Cynthia Peters 4. Movement Strategy for Organizers     Richard Healey and Sandra Hinson Part II. Bridging the Divide: Lessons from the Field 5. Housing Crisis: Gaining Standing in a Community Coalition     Kevin M. Carragee 6. Media Research and Media Activism    William Hoynes 7. Successful Collaboration: Movement Building in the Media Arena    Charlotte Ryan 8. Feminist Research and Activism: Challenges of Hierarchy in a Cross-National Context     Myra Marx Ferree, Valerie Sperling, and Barbara Risman 9. Building the Movement for Education Equity     Cassie Schwerner 10. Sweatshop Labor: (Re)Framing Immigration     Robert J. S. Ross Part III. Implications for Theory and Scholarship 11. Scholarship That Might Matter     David S. Meyer 12. Building Bridges, Building Leaders: Theory, Action, and Lived Experience     Adria D. Goodson 13. Falling on Deaf Ears: Confronting the Prospect of Nonresonant Frames      David A. Snow and Catherine Corrigall-Brown 14. Crossing Boundaries in Participatory Action Research: Performing Protest with Drag Queens      Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp Afterword by William A. Gamson Contributors     Index