TY - BOOK AU - Stewart,Charles J. AU - Smith,Craig Allen AU - Denton,Robert E. TI - Persuasion and social movements SN - 1577661451(4e) AV - HN17 .S827 PY - 2001/// CY - Prospect Heights, Ill. PB - Waveland Press KW - Social movements KW - Persuasion (Psychology) KW - United States KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-367); Contents: The social movement as a unique collective phenomenon -- Social movements as interpretive systems -- The persuasive functions of social movements -- Personal needs and social movements: John Birchers and Gray Panthers -- Leadership in social movements -- The life cycle of social movements -- Identification and polarization in social movements -- Slogans, obscenity, and ridicule in social movements -- Music in social movements -- Political argument in social movements -- Argument from narrative vision in social movements -- Argument from transcendence in social movements -- Argument from conspiracy in social movements -- Resisting social movements ER -