Social movements and their supporters : the Green Shirts in England
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Social movements and their supporters : the Green Shirts in England
Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1997
- : uk
- : us
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-225) and index
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Description
Why do people join social movements? What keeps them involved once they have joined? These central questions in the study of social movements are newly investigated in this study of the interwar Green Shirt Movement. The Green Shirts are the only example in Britain of an anti-war, mixed sex youth movement which became a uniformed, political organisation, marching the streets and mobilising amongst the unemployed. Half a century after the movement came to an end it remains, for surviving members, the most important experience of their lives. This book uses their experiences to cast new light on the concepts of commitment, charisma and affiliation in social movements.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements - Social Movements: Thoughts and Theories - A Movement Begins - Getting Established - Splits and Schisms - Leadership and Elitism - Culture and Commitment - The Active Few - Cause and Conversion - The Green Shirts - A Mass Movement - Success and Supporters - Myths and Movements - A Turning Tide - Commitment and Adversity - Social Movements: Supporters Still - References - Index
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