{"product_id":"the-identity-dilemma-aidan-mcgarry-9781439912522","title":"The Identity Dilemma: Social Movements and Collective Identity","description":"Collective identities are politically necessary, or at least useful, as banners for recruiting others and engaging opponents and the state. However, not every member fits or accepts the label in the same way or to the same degree. \u003ci\u003eThe Identity Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e provides eight diverse case studies of social movements to show the benefits, risks, and tradeoffs when a group develops a strong sense of collective identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The editors and contributors to this pathbreaking volume examine how collective identities can provide powerful advantages but also generate conflicts. The various chapters help to develop our understanding of collective identity from how strategic identities are developed for protest groups to how stigmatized groups negotiate identity dilemmas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eThe Identity Dilemma \u003c\/i\u003econtributes a new strategic approach to understanding social movements that highlights the choices and tensions that groups inevitably face in articulating their ideas and interests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors include: Marian Barnes, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Umut Korkut, Elzbieta Korolczuk, John Nagle, Clare Saunders, Neil Stammers, Marisa Tramontano, Huub Van Baar, and the editors. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aidan McGarry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439912521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439912522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Aidan McGarry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439155982591,"sku":"9781439912522","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36b25a5d-d4c1-47ff-89d4-ccf636fcd046.jpg?v=1777175808","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-identity-dilemma-aidan-mcgarry-9781439912522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}