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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... Participation in Belgrade Protest Events , November 18 , 1996– February 20 , 1997 8.1 Typology of Movement - Related Organizations 9.1 1848 Events by Month , March 1847 - August 1849 11.1 A Typology of Transnational Collective Action ...
... Participation in Belgrade Protest Events , November 18 , 1996– February 20 , 1997 8.1 Typology of Movement - Related Organizations 9.1 1848 Events by Month , March 1847 - August 1849 11.1 A Typology of Transnational Collective Action ...
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... participation in a closely knit research network of scholars working together on mapping contentious pol- itics under the aegis of the Mellon Foundation and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences . Thinking side by ...
... participation in a closely knit research network of scholars working together on mapping contentious pol- itics under the aegis of the Mellon Foundation and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences . Thinking side by ...
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... participants in those seminars for helping me to nurture many of the ideas that appear in this book . I have a particular debt to Doug Imig and David Meyer , who - from NEH participants - have became valued collaborators and friends ...
... participants in those seminars for helping me to nurture many of the ideas that appear in this book . I have a particular debt to Doug Imig and David Meyer , who - from NEH participants - have became valued collaborators and friends ...
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... participation in institutions . But despite their growing expertise in lobbying , legal challenges , and public relations , the most characteristic actions of social movements continue to be contentious challenges . This is not because ...
... participation in institutions . But despite their growing expertise in lobbying , legal challenges , and public relations , the most characteristic actions of social movements continue to be contentious challenges . This is not because ...
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... participants in these forms of contention typi- cally have no more than temporary solidarity and cannot sustain their challenges against opponents . But sometimes even riots reveal hints of a common purpose or solidarity . The ghetto ...
... participants in these forms of contention typi- cally have no more than temporary solidarity and cannot sustain their challenges against opponents . But sometimes even riots reveal hints of a common purpose or solidarity . The ghetto ...
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