Bourdieu and Social Movements: Ideological Struggles in the British Anti-Capitalist Movement

by Joseph Ibrahim

Overview

In this book, Ibrahim employs Bourdieu's key concepts in order to explain the complex dynamics of social movements by detailing the key stages of development of, and ideological conflict between, 21st century British anti-capitalist organizations, and their interactions with wider social and political forces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137371027
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Series:	Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Joseph Ibrahim is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research interests are in social theory, political and social movements, ideology, and social network analysis. He has published a number of journal articles on British anti-capitalism and the student protest movement.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A New Era of Social Movement Analysis: A Bourdieusian Approach
2. Anti-neoliberalism and British Anti-capitalism
3. Towards a New Theory of Social Movement Practice
4. Political Distinction and the Reflexive Anti-capitalist Habitus
5. Fields of Struggle: Ideological Competition and Conflict
6. A Very British Coup: Transforming Fields Through Superior Capital
7. The Occupy Movement: a Crisis of Doxa
8. Conclusion