Background
Joppke, Christian G. M. was born on September 6, 1959 in Langenhagen, Germany. Son of Lothar Joppke and Irene (Dechow Joppke) Harms.
( In the past two decades young people, environmentalists...)
In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. Anti-nuclear protest has been especially widespread and vocal in Western Europe and the United States. In this lucid, richly documented book, Christian Joppke compares the rise and fall of these protest movements in Germany and the United States, illuminating the relationship between national political structures and collective action. He analyzes existing approaches to the study of social movements and suggests an insightful new paradigm for research in this area. Joppke proposes a political process perspective that focuses on the interrelationship between the state and social movements, a model that takes into account a variety of forces, including differential state structures, political cultures, movement organizations, and temporal and contextual factors. This is an invaluable work for anyone studying the dynamics of social movements around the world.
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Joppke, Christian G. M. was born on September 6, 1959 in Langenhagen, Germany. Son of Lothar Joppke and Irene (Dechow Joppke) Harms.
Student, Free University Berlin, 1980. Diploma in sociology, University Frankfurt, Germany, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University California, Berkeley, 1989.
German Academy Exch. fellow, German Academic Exchange Service, 1985-1986; graduate fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1988; John L. Simpson research fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1989; assistant professor department sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1990-1994; research associate fellow, Center for German and European Studies Georgetown University, Washington, 1993-1994; associate professor department political and social science, European U. Institute, Florence, Italy, since 1995. Co-director 1997/98 European Forum on International Migrations, European U. Institute. Participant, presenter various professional conferences, most recently Am.Inst. for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1993, 94, German History Institute/Max Planck Institute for History, Washington, 1994, 32nd Congress of International Institute Sociology, 1995, American Sociological Association, Washington, 1995, Humboldt U., Berlin, 1996, Goethe Institute/London School Economics, 1997.
( In the past two decades young people, environmentalists...)
Married Catherine Kratz, 1999. 1 child, Benjamin.