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The Wave Theory of American Social Movements
Author(s) -
Brown Jerald B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1992.6.1.26
Subject(s) - social movement , property (philosophy) , sociology , social movement theory , new social movements , politics , social change , social science , environmental ethics , anthropology , political science , epistemology , law , philosophy
THE WAVE THEORY of social movements explains the cyclical alternation of human‐rights and property–rights eras throughout American history. This article applies anthropological concepts from the study of history, society, and ecology to develop a theory of social change in American culture, [political anthropology, social movements, American society]