Lynn Owens is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College.
“Cracking Under Pressure makes a key contribution to our
understanding of the decline of social movements—and, notably, of
the role of narrative in a movement’s understanding of its own
decline—and provides a lively and innovative account of an
important social movement.”—Edwin Amenta,New York University
“All movements decline, yet we know little about why and how and
when they decline. In this fascinating account of the Dutch
squatters’ movement, Lynn Owens shows that the stories activists
told about the movement’s beginnings later limited the actions they
could take when the movement’s survival was in jeopardy. Drawing
effectively on activists’ voices and combining a sophisticated
theory of narrative with a shrewd analysis of movement politics,
the book is both an important contribution to movement scholarship
and a terrific read.”—Francesca Polletta,University of California,
Irvine
“Owens has written an interesting study, providing a sound survey
of the state of the art in this field. His book is well written and
includes an extensive list of sources. In introducing the concept
of ‘narratives of decline,’ he contributes something new to the
field. Scholars researching the history of the squatters’ movement
will find his study essential reading.”—Bart van der Steen
International Review of Social History
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