Contention in context : political opportunities and the emergence of protest / edited by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper.
Contributor(s): Goodwin, Jeff [editor of compilation.] | Jasper, James M [editor of compilation.].
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TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2012Description: xvi, 341 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780804776110 (cloth : acidfree paper); 9780804776127 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Social movements | Protest movements | Political scienceDDC classification: 322.4 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.
Introduction : from political opportunity structures to strategic interaction / James M. Jasper -- Peasant revolts in the French Revolution / Jack A. Goldstone -- Rural social movements in Nicaragua / Anthony W. Pereira -- Human rights in Argentina / Amy Risley -- Rural unions in Brazil / John L. Hammond -- The civil rights movement / Francesca Polletta -- The women's movement / John D. Skrentny -- Gay and lesbian liberation / Adam Isaiah Green -- The U.S. movement for peace in Central America / James M. Jasper -- Opportunity knocks : the trouble with political opportunity and what you can do about it / Edwin Amenta and Drew Halfmann -- Sensing and seizing opportunities : how contentious actors and strategies emerge / Christian Bröer and Jan Willem Duyvendak -- Eventful protest, global conflicts : social mechanisms in the reproduction of protest / Donatella della Porta -- Conclusion : are protestors opportunists? : fifty tests / Jeff Goodwin.