Strangers at the Gates Movements and States in Contentious Politics

Name: Strangers at the Gates Movements and States in Contentious Politics
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ISBN: 9781107402010

ISBN-10: 1107402018

ISBN-13: 9781107402010

Edition: 2012

Authors: Sidney G. Tarrow

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"This book contains the products of work carried out over four decades of research in Italy, France and the United States, and in the intellectual territory between social movements, comparative politics, and historical sociology. Using a variety of methods ranging from statistical analysis to historical case studies to linguistic analysis, the book centers on historical catalogs of protest events and cycles of collective action. Sidney Tarrow places social movements in the broader arena of contentious politics, in relation to states, political parties and other actors. From peasants and communists in 1960s Italy, to movements and politics in contemporary western polities, to the global…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



List of Tables and Figures


Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



Theories of Contentious Politics



Movements in History, Histories of Movements



Peasants and Communists in Southern Italy



State Building and Contention in America



The French Revolution, War, and State Building



Movements, Parties, and Institutions



States, Movements, and Opportunities



The Phantom at the Opera



Events, Episodes, and Cycles



From Eventful History to Cycles of Contention



From "Moments of Madness" to Waves of Contention



Outcomes of Contention



Social Protest and Policy Breakthroughs



"What's in a Word?" How Contention Shapes Contentious Language



Transnational Contention



Rooted Cosmopolitans and Transnational Activists



Transnational Contention and Human Rights


Bibliography


Index