James P Jasper

GOD WROTE ONLY ONE BIBLE

This book is an answer to requests for more information concerning the radical textual contamination in many of our modern Bible versions. Many pamphlets have been written giving detailed information about the anti-christian background of the translators, but to the author's knowledge no one has rec...

Contention in Context: Political Opportunities and the Emergence of Protest

Despite extensive theoretical debates over the utility of "political opportunities" as an explanation for the rise and success of social movements, there have been surprisingly few serious empirical tests. Contention in Context provides the most extensive effort to date to test the model, analyzing ...

The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts

The Social Movements Reader, Second Edition, provides the most important and readable articles and book selections on recent social movements from around the world. With selected readings and editorial material this book combines the strengths of a reader and a textbook Reflects new developments i...

The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts (Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology)

Providing a unique blend of cases, concepts, and essential readings The Social Movements Reader, Third Edition, delivers key classic and contemporary articles and book selections from around the world. Includes the latest research on contemporary movements in the US and abroad, including the Arab s...

The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements

In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest—from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent movements—into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements work. Jasper highlights their creativity, not only in forging new morals but in adopting courses of actio...

Protest: A Cultural Introduction to Social Movements (Cultural Sociology)

Every day around the world there are dozens of protests both large and small. Most groups engage the local police, some get media attention, and a few are successful. Who are these people? What do they want? What do they do to get it? What effects do they ultimately have on our world?In this lively ...

James M. Jasper

James Macdonald Jasper (born 1957) is a writer and sociologist who has taught Ph.D. students at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since ...

The Animal Rights Crusade : The Growth of a Moral Protest

Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements

Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements

Getting Your Way: Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World

Getting Your Way: Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World

Restless Nation: Starting over in America

Restless Nation

The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements