Social Movements Book Reviews Samples For Students

The book, Islamic Activism: a social movement theory approach By Quintan Wiktoroqicz helps the readers in understanding various aspects of Islam and a number of changes that occurred in Islam and known as Islamic activism. The author has presented a balanced account of the Islam and other related issues. The author has divided Islamic activism in three parts in his book first according to him is violence and contention, second is culture and framing and third is network and alliances, page 15, 19, 22, 24, 25, 61. The way author has described several societies and discussed about their values and beliefs, it ...

This paper describes the social movements that Blacks participated in during the period from 1900 to date. It tackles the ways in which the movements can be described as one long civil rights movement, and also how were they distinct movements. The paper further assesses their goals and the manner in which they have effected change in the United States. The paper also points out prominent civil rights activists that played an important role in spearheading the civil rights movements.
Most of the black social movements from 1900 to date have basically been fighting against racism. The 20th Century ...

Thomas Friedman’s “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” book explains the future of the global society with the end of Cold War, and the emergence of globalization. He said that for the future to be sustainable, the “Lexus” and the “Olive Tree” should be balance. The Lexus represents the fast changing international trade, and the Olive Tree represents the socio-cultural aspect of the society. He pressed that international trade should not erode social and cultural values of communities and countries. He mentioned his three points in balancing the Lexus and the Olive Tree which are the power balance ...