Jeffrey Roger Goodwin (born January 28, 1958) is a

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sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

. He holds a BA, MA (Sociology) and PhD (Sociology) from

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. His research interests include

social movements A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one. It is a type of group action and ma ...

revolutions In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

, political violence, and

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

. He is a past chair of the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section and the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The underlying argument of his best known book, '' No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991'', is that

revolutionary movements A revolutionary movement (or revolutionary social movement) is a specific type of social movement dedicated to carrying out a revolution. Charles Tilly defines it as "a social movement advancing exclusive competing claims to control of the state ...

are not only a response to

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, but are also a response to political repression and violence. Goodwin has written and edited a number of works with his friend and former NYU colleague James M. Jasper. They wrote a famous critique of the political-opportunity theory developed by

Charles Tilly Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was a professor of history, sociology, and social science at the Uni ...

and

Doug McAdam Doug McAdam (born August 31, 1951) is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. He is the author or co-author of over a dozen books and over fifty articles, and is widely credited as one of the pioneers of the political process model in socia ...

, republished in ''Rethinking Social Movements,'' which Goodwin and Jasper edited. They also edited ''The Contexts Reader'' (New York: W. W. Norton), ''Social Movements'' (Routledge), ''The Social Movements Reader'' (Wiley-Blackwell), and (with Francesca Polletta) ''Passionate Politics'' (University of Chicago Press), a leading work in the

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. In October 2011, Goodwin was one of 132 New York University (NYU) faculty and staff members who signed a statement calling for disinvestment in several American companies that do business in Israel. In response to sharp criticism from Congressman

Gary Ackerman Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is an American retired politician and former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he wou ...

, Goodwin accused Ackerman of

moral blindness Moral blindness, also known as ethical blindness, is defined as a person's temporary inability to see the ethical aspect of a decision they are making. It is often caused by external factors due to which an individual is unable to see the immoral ...

and stated that "Ackerman's apparent denial that Israel is occupying Palestinian territories and systematically violating basic Palestinian rights is simply shocking."Rep. Ackerman attacks over 100 NYU professors for signing divestment letter
Posted on Wedivest.org, October 21, 2011.

Select publications

Books

*''No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 *''Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements''. Co-edited with James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001 *''Rethinking Social Movements: Structure, Culture, and Emotion''. Co-edited with James M. Jasper. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. *''The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts''. Co-edited with James M. Jasper. New York: Blackwell, 2003.

Articles

* "'The Struggle Made Me a Non-Racialist': Why There Was So Little Terrorism in the Antiapartheid Struggle," Jeff Goodwin (2007), Mobilization, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 193–203. * "How Not to Explain Terrorism," Jeff Goodwin (2006), (a review essay on Louise Richardson, What Terrorists Want

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, European Journal of Sociology, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 477–82. * "A Theory of Categorical Terrorism," Jeff Goodwin (2006), Social Forces, Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 2027–46. * "What Do We Really Know About (Suicide) Terrorism?," Jeff Goodwin (2006), Sociological Forum, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 315–30. * "What Must We Explain to Explain Terrorism," Jeff Goodwin (2004), (a review essay on Jessica Stern, Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill

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Social Movement Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 259–65. * "Black Reconstruction as Class War," Jeff Goodwin (2022), Catalyst, Vol. 6, No.1, Accessed at: https://catalyst-journal.com/2022/06/black-reconstruction-as-class-war

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