Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

Description:

Comprehensive, authoritative, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements contains over 400 entries across three volumes, exploring social and political movements and related collective phenomena throughout the world.

• Brings together a prestigious editorial team drawn from ten countries and from across four disciplines
• Covers a broad range of historical and modern topics reflecting significant social and political changes -from the French revolution, to the Chinese Communist Revolution, the global women's movement, to the Arab Spring, and from the American civil rights movement to contemporary environmentalism
• Organized, authored and edited by leading scholars, all of whom come to the project with exemplary track records and international standing
• Available online or as a three-volume print set, structured in a user-friendly A-Z format

3 Volumes

Review Quotes:

"Overall this is a fine start for a work that encompasses such a vast number of insights and so much analysis. Watching the expansion of the knowledge base in future editions will be interesting. Index at end of the third volume. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty." (Choice, 1 July 2013)

"Political scientists, sociologists, as well as students in other academic disciplines should find this book of enormous value." (Library Journal, 1 April 2013)