Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious PoliticsUnlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. From the French and American revolutions through the democratic and workers' movements of the nineteenth century to the totalitarian movements of today, movements exercise a fleeting but powerful influence on politics and society. This study surveys the history of the social movement, puts forward a theory of collective action to explain its surges and declines, and offers an interpretation of the power of movement that emphasises its effects on personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. While covering cultural, organisational and personal sources of movements' power, the book emphasises the rise and fall of social movements as part of political struggle and as the outcome of changes in political opportunity structure. |
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... Union , 1987-1992 State Strength and Prevailing Strategies as Structuring Principles for Contentious Politics in Some Western Democracies 6.1 Participation in Belgrade Protest Events , November 18 , 1996– February 20 , 1997 8.1 Typology ...
... Union , 1987-1992 State Strength and Prevailing Strategies as Structuring Principles for Contentious Politics in Some Western Democracies 6.1 Participation in Belgrade Protest Events , November 18 , 1996– February 20 , 1997 8.1 Typology ...
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... union may be trig- gering a new wave of movements that cross the boundaries of the nation - state . Even outside the West , transnational advocacy networks have grown up to re- semble in some ways the national social movements that are ...
... union may be trig- gering a new wave of movements that cross the boundaries of the nation - state . Even outside the West , transnational advocacy networks have grown up to re- semble in some ways the national social movements that are ...
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... Union to send troops to to deal with the consequences of the collapse of a financial scheme that bankrupted hundreds of thousands of citizens . The riots produced by the scandal sent hordes of protesters and thugs into the streets ...
... Union to send troops to to deal with the consequences of the collapse of a financial scheme that bankrupted hundreds of thousands of citizens . The riots produced by the scandal sent hordes of protesters and thugs into the streets ...
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... Union . Over the past four decades of the century , a wave of new forms of con- tention have spread from one region of the world to another . Not all of these events warrant the term " social movement , " which I reserve for those ...
... Union . Over the past four decades of the century , a wave of new forms of con- tention have spread from one region of the world to another . Not all of these events warrant the term " social movement , " which I reserve for those ...
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Contents
Contentious Politics and Social Movements | 10 |
The Birth of the Modern Social Movement | 27 |
Modular Collective Action | 29 |
Print and Association | 43 |
State Building and Social Movements | 54 |
From Contention to Social Movements | 69 |
Political Opportunities and Constraints | 71 |
Acting Contentiously | 91 |
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1848 revolutions activism activists allies American authorities barricades campaigns challengers changes Chapter Charles Tilly civil rights movement claims coalitions collective action collective action frames collective identity communication conflict connective structures contentious politics Costain created cultural cycles of contention democracy democratic demonstration developed diffusion disruption Doug McAdam elites European forms of collective forms of contention France Freedom Summer French Revolution global institutions interaction Jack Goldstone Kriesi major Mario Diani marxism mass McAdam ment militant mobilization modern modular movement organizations opponents opportunities and constraints organizational outcomes Pam Oliver participation parties peace peasants police political opportunities produce radical reform regime religious repertoire of contention repression response revolutionary role scholars Sidney Tarrow social movements social networks society solidarity Soviet Union spread strategy strike struggle symbols Tarrow Tilly tion triggered Union violence wave western Europe women's movement workers