Contentious Politics"In this clearly written and highly accessible book, two of the world's leading scholars of social movements offer a theoretically innovative approach to the study of political conflict. ... This is a wonderful teaching tool for courses in social theory, theory construction, political sociology, and social movements." Ron Aminzade, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota"An indispensable guide to the study of political science and international relations." Roberto Dominguez, Department of Government, Suffolk UniversityRevolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and Sidney Tarrow's Contentious Politics. The book presents a set of analytical tools and procedures for study, comparison, and explanation of these very different sorts of contention. Drawing on many historical and contemporary cases, the book shows that similar principles describe and explain a wide variety of struggles as well as many more routine forms of politics. Tilly and Tarrow have written the book to introduce readers to an exciting new program of political and sociological analysis. |
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activists African Americans allies Augusto Pinochet Azerbaijan Beissinger British antislavery brokerage Catholic changes chapter Chávez Chechnya civil wars coalition collective action collective claims combinations composite regime contentious episodes contentious interaction contentious politics coordination cycles of contention demobilization democracy democratic regimes demonstrations diffusion Doug McAdam election episodes of contention ethnic example forms of contention Freedom House Gaza Gaza Strip globalization Greensboro sit-in groups high-capacity institutions Ireland Irish Israeli Karabakh Kriesi large-scale lethal conflict leaders low-capacity major McAdam mechanisms and processes ment militants military mobilization networks occur Orange Revolution organizations Otpor outcomes Palestinian Palestinian Authority participants parties Pinochet police political actors political opportunity structure political rights produce religious repression revolutionary Saint-Nizier Sandinistas scale shift shantytown Sidney Tarrow sit-ins social movement bases social movement campaigns Solidarity Soviet Union streams of contention struggles Sudan Tarrow threats tion transnational undemocratic United Venezuelan violence workers Zapatistas