Rhyming Hope and History
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Rhyming Hope and History

Activists, Academics, and Social Movement Scholarship

David Croteau, William Hoynes, and Charlotte Ryan, editors

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Rhyming Hope and History

$26.00 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

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