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Protest cycles (also known as cycles of contention or waves of collective action) refers to the cyclical rise and fall in the social movement activity. Sidney Tarrow (1998) defines them as "a phase of heightened conflict across the social system", with "intensified interactions between challengers and authorities which can end in reform, repression and sometimes revolution".
Schlesinger phases of American history [1] [2] [5] From To Duration (in years) Type Name 1776 1788 12 Lib Liberal Movement to Create Constitution (Revolution, Confederation Period) 1788 1800 12 Con Hamiltonian Federalism (Federalist Era) 1800 1812 12 Lib Liberal Period of Jeffersonianism (Jeffersonian democracy) 1812 1829 17 Con
Complexity and Social Movements: Multitudes at the Edge of Chaos Routledge 2006. ISBN 0-415-43974-4; Mario Diani and Doug McAdam, Social movements and networks, Oxford University Press, 2003. Susan Eckstei, ed. Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements, Updated Edition, University of California Press 2001. ISBN 0-520-22705-0
Social cycle theories are among the earliest social theories in sociology. Unlike the theory of social evolutionism , which views the evolution of society and human history as progressing in some new, unique direction(s), sociological cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and history generally repeat themselves in cycles.
Social movement theory is an interdisciplinary study within the social sciences that generally seeks to explain why social mobilization occurs, the forms under which it manifests, as well as potential social, cultural, political, and economic consequences, such as the creation and functioning of social movements.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000; 0–9. ... American Indian Movement; American Redoubt; Anti-nuclear movement in the United States; B ...
This timeline of modern American conservatism lists important events, developments and occurrences that have affected conservatism in the United States. With the decline of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party after 1960, the movement is most closely associated with the Republican Party (GOP).
His 1994 book Power in Movement analyses the cultural, organizational and personal sources of social movements' power, stressing that the life cycle of social movements is a part of political struggle influenced by the existence (or lack of) the political opportunity structures.