New Social Movements: A Critical Review

1997/08/01 by Nelson A. Pichardo · 6 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Social Capital and Networks

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.411

Abstract

Discussions of New Social Movements have sought to explain the apparent shift in the forms of contemporary social movements in Western nations by linking it to the rise of a postmodern world. However, the central propositions of the NSM paradigm have not been critically analyzed in terms of its concepts or the evidence. This review provides a critical analysis of the NSM thesis, finding that the central propositions are not defensible as a theory or a paradigm.

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