Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics
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This study of social movements explains their power by developing a theory of collective action. American Political Scientist The brilliance of this book is the author's ability to transcend conventional schools of socialmovement analysis. . . .It is difficult to see movements int he same light after reading this book.— American Political Science Review
List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Contentious Politics and Social Movements10Pt. IThe Birth of the Modern Social Movement2Modular Collective Action293Print and Association434State Building and Social Movements54Pt. IIFrom Contention to Social Movements5Political Opportunities and Constraints716Acting Contentiously917Framing Contention1068Mobilizing Structures and Contentious Politics123Pt. IIIThe Dynamics of Movement9Cycles of Contention14110Struggling to Reform16111Transnational Contention176Conclusion: The Future of Social Movements196Notes211Sources233Index263
