Summary
The Routledge Handbook of Social Movements and Protest (Della Porta & Diani, eds.) is the canonical academic compendium covering movement emergence, mobilization dynamics, organizational forms, repertoires, outcomes, and digital-era extensions.
Body
A multi-author academic survey covering theoretical traditions (collective behavior, resource mobilization, political process, framing, contentious politics), empirical domains (labor, environmental, human rights, peace, gender, global justice), and methodological traditions. Used as a graduate-level reference. [source: routledge-social-movements]
Use it for
Academic reference work; checking the standard literature on a movement-strategy question.