A short, clearly written, lively popularisation that requires no previous familiarity with movements or movement research.

Laurence Cox co-directs the MA in Community Education, Equality and Social Activism at Maynooth University. He is cofounder of the international, open-access social movement journal Interface, co-editor of Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global justice Struggles, Anti- Austerity Protest, Marxism and social Movements and author of Buddhism and Ireland. He is currently part of an international team researching the life of U Dhammaloka, an Irish migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early 20th Century Burma. Dr Cox has been involved in a wide range of social movements in several countries for over quarter of a century.

Introduction; 1. We Need Movements; 2. Movements Made the World We Live In; 3. The Social Movement as a Whole; 4. The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted The World; 5. Movements and Intellectual Activity; Conclusion; Resources; Notes