Culture Moves: Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values - Tapa blanda

Rochon, Thomas R.

 
9780691070339: Culture Moves: Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0691070334 ISBN 13: 9780691070339
Editorial: Princeton University Press, 2000

Sinopsis

Some periods in history are marked by stability in cultural values; at other times, values undergo rapid change. How and why do cultural transformations, such as those affecting race and gender relations, take place? How does one value win acceptance in society when there are conflicting values competing for attention? In Culture Moves, Thomas Rochon addresses this complex process and develops a theory to explain both how values originate and how they spread. In particular, he analyzes the crucial role that small communities of critical thinkers play in developing new ideas and inspiring their dissemination through larger social movements. Rochon develops this theory by drawing from such sources as survey research, content analysis of the mass media, and historical accounts. He focuses mainly on contemporary issues in the United States-such as feminism, civil rights, and environmentalism-but also discusses cases ranging from the French Revolution to the abolition of slavery. He explores the cultural niches-typically universities and research institutes-where new ideas and values evolve and then traces how these ideas play out in society through movements that may have little formal structure. Attention in the media, he argues, is often a deciding move in the contest over public opinion. This book will fundamentally revise how we understand the process of social change and what the prospects are for particular culture moves in the future.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Thomas R. Rochon is Executive Director of the Graduate Record Examination at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. Formerly a professor at Claremont Graduate University and Princeton University, he is the author of Mobilizing for Peace: The Antinuclear Movements in Western Europe (Princeton) and The Netherlands: Negotiating Sovereignty in an Interdependent World.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Princeton University Press
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0691070334
ISBN 13 
9780691070339
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
304
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780691011578: Culture Moves: Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0691011575 ISBN 13:  9780691011578
Editorial: Princeton University Press, 1998
Tapa dura