Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 304
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Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-8476-8540-0 • Hardback • December 1997 • $187.00 • (£144.00)
978-0-8476-8541-7 • Paperback • December 1997 • $61.00 • (£47.00)
David S. Meyer teaches in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
Sidney Tarrow is Maxwell Upson Professor of Government at Cornell University.
Chapter 1 A Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century
Chapter 2 The Structure and Culture of Collective Protest in Germany since 1950
Chapter 3 Are the Times A-Changin'? Assessing the Acceptance of Protest in Western Democracies
Chapter 4 The Institutionalization of Protest in the United States
Chapter 5 Policing Protest in France and Italy: From Intimidation to Cooperation? Donatella della Porta
Chapter 6 Institutionalization of Protest during Democratic Consolidation in Central Europe
Chapter 7 Democratic Transitions as Protest Cycles: Social Movement Dynamics in Democratizing Latin America
Chapter 8 A Movement Takes Office
Chapter 9 Stepsisters: Feminist Movement Activism in Different Institutional Spaces
Chapter 10 Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society
-A comparative look at the past, present, and future of social protest around the world
-Includes essays on Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, and South Africa, as well as the U.S.
-International contributors from political science and sociology combine to offer unique perspectives on movements ranging from feminist activism to anti-apartheid to protest policing