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Power in movement : social movements and contentious politics /
Tarrow, Sidney G.,
Power in movement : social movements and contentious politics / Sidney Tarrow. - Revised and updated fourth edition. - xvi, 359 pages. 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -
Part I - Origins, Theories, and Contentious Action:
1 - Where Did Movements Come From? -
2 - Capitalism, States, and Social Movements -
3 - Acting Contentiously -
Part II - The Powers in Movement:
4 - Organizations, Networks, and Hybrids -
5 - How Movements Make Meanings -
6 - Regimes, Opportunities, and Threats -
7 - Struggling to Reform -
Part III - Dynamics of Contention:
8 - Cycles of Contention -
9 - Movements in Revolutionary Cycles -
10 - Democracy, Movements, and Undemocracy -
11 - Transnational Contention -
Conclusions -
References -
Index.
"Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French and American revolutions to the post-Soviet, ethnic, and terrorist movements of today, contentious politics exercises a fleeting but powerful influence on politics, society, and international relations. This study surveys the modern history of the modern social movements in the West and their diffusion to the global South through war, colonialism, and diffusion, and it puts forward a theory to explain its cyclical surges and declines. It offers an interpretation of the power of movements that emphasizes effects on the lives of militants, policy reforms, political institutions, and cultural change. The book focuses on the rise and fall of social movements as part of contentious politics in general and as the outcome of changes in political opportunities and constraints, state strategy, the new media of communication, and transnational diffusion"--
9781009219846 (paperback)
2022000890
Social movements--History.
Collective behavior--History.
Social change--History.
303.48409 TAR
Power in movement : social movements and contentious politics / Sidney Tarrow. - Revised and updated fourth edition. - xvi, 359 pages. 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -
Part I - Origins, Theories, and Contentious Action:
1 - Where Did Movements Come From? -
2 - Capitalism, States, and Social Movements -
3 - Acting Contentiously -
Part II - The Powers in Movement:
4 - Organizations, Networks, and Hybrids -
5 - How Movements Make Meanings -
6 - Regimes, Opportunities, and Threats -
7 - Struggling to Reform -
Part III - Dynamics of Contention:
8 - Cycles of Contention -
9 - Movements in Revolutionary Cycles -
10 - Democracy, Movements, and Undemocracy -
11 - Transnational Contention -
Conclusions -
References -
Index.
"Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French and American revolutions to the post-Soviet, ethnic, and terrorist movements of today, contentious politics exercises a fleeting but powerful influence on politics, society, and international relations. This study surveys the modern history of the modern social movements in the West and their diffusion to the global South through war, colonialism, and diffusion, and it puts forward a theory to explain its cyclical surges and declines. It offers an interpretation of the power of movements that emphasizes effects on the lives of militants, policy reforms, political institutions, and cultural change. The book focuses on the rise and fall of social movements as part of contentious politics in general and as the outcome of changes in political opportunities and constraints, state strategy, the new media of communication, and transnational diffusion"--
9781009219846 (paperback)
2022000890
Social movements--History.
Collective behavior--History.
Social change--History.
303.48409 TAR