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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Page xi
... produced a savage civil war . I have tried to absorb some of the lessons of those transformations into this edition of the book . The events of 1989 and what followed also demonstrated something to which I alluded in the final chapter ...
... produced a savage civil war . I have tried to absorb some of the lessons of those transformations into this edition of the book . The events of 1989 and what followed also demonstrated something to which I alluded in the final chapter ...
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... producing new social movements and scholars have responded with new research , my own ideas have evolved too . Since the publi- cation of the first edition of Power in Movement , I have tried to understand how social movement theory can ...
... producing new social movements and scholars have responded with new research , my own ideas have evolved too . Since the publi- cation of the first edition of Power in Movement , I have tried to understand how social movement theory can ...
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... produced by the scandal sent hordes of protesters and thugs into the streets , emptying the armories of guns and tanks as the Albanian armed forces collapsed , and with them the government's legiti- macy . The Trib's reporter notes the ...
... produced by the scandal sent hordes of protesters and thugs into the streets , emptying the armories of guns and tanks as the Albanian armed forces collapsed , and with them the government's legiti- macy . The Trib's reporter notes the ...
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... produce solidarities , and have meaning within particular population groups , situations , and national cultures . This means that we will have to embed the general formulations of collective action theory into the concrete record of ...
... produce solidarities , and have meaning within particular population groups , situations , and national cultures . This means that we will have to embed the general formulations of collective action theory into the concrete record of ...
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... producing the periods of turbulence and realignment that I call " cycles of contention . " As I show in Chapter 9 , the importance of this change is that , once a cycle begins , the costs of collective action are lowered for other ...
... producing the periods of turbulence and realignment that I call " cycles of contention . " As I show in Chapter 9 , the importance of this change is that , once a cycle begins , the costs of collective action are lowered for other ...
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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Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics Sidney Tarrow No preview available - 1998 |
Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics Sidney Tarrow No preview available - 1998 |
Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics Sidney Tarrow No preview available - 1998 |
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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