The Making of Pro-Life Activists: How Social Mobilization Works
The question of how people become activists may, on the surface, seem relatively straightforward. People who believe in cause X or have concerns about issue Y make contact with a social movement and, if circumstances allow, an activist is born. The direction of belief and engagement seems clear: one...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2010
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 379-381 |
| Review of: | The making of pro-life activists (Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : University of Chicago Press, 2008) (Gerber, Lynne)
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| Summary: | The question of how people become activists may, on the surface, seem relatively straightforward. People who believe in cause X or have concerns about issue Y make contact with a social movement and, if circumstances allow, an activist is born. The direction of belief and engagement seems clear: one holds certain beliefs and becomes politically involved as a result. In his vibrant new book, The Making of Pro-Life Activists: How Social Movement Mobilization Works, Ziad Munson reminds us that sociology works best when it questions commonsense and often offers more interesting, satisfying answers., The book examines activist formation in the pro-life movement through an extensive study conducted in four different cities. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srq040 |