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The New Transnational Activism
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 20.00Argues that individuals move into transnational activism which links domestic to international politics. more...
Power in Movement
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 23.00Surveys the modern history of the social movement in the West and its diffusion to the global South. more...
Power in Movement
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 22.00This study of social movements explains their power by developing a theory of collective action. more...
Strangers at the Gates
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 22.00Places social movements in the broader arena of contentious politics in relation to states, political parties and other actors. more...
Italy in Transition
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 57.95This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected... more...
Dynamics of Contention
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 24.00Over the past two decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other forms of non-routine politics has flourished. Yet theory and research on the topic remains fragmented. The first of these divisions reflects that various forms of contention are distinct and should be studied independent of others. more...
Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 24.00This book is an analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics that builds upon the model set forth in the pathbreaking book, Dynamics of Contention. The book shows how similar recurrent casual mechanisms in different combinations, sequences, and initial conditions produced contrasting trajectories toward and away from... more...
World Says No to War
University of Minnesota Press 2010; US$ 75.00On February 15, 2003, the largest one-day protest in human history took place as millions of people in hundreds of cities marched in the streets, rallying against the imminent invasion of Iraq. This was activism on an unprecedented scale. The World Says No to War strives to understand who spoke out, why they did, and how so many people were mobilized... more...
Political Movements and Violence in Central America
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 35.00This book offers an in-depth analysis of the confrontation between popular movements and repressive regimes in Central America for the three decades beginning in 1960, particularly in El Salvador and Guatemala. It examines both urban and rural groups as well as both nonviolent social movements and revolutionary movements. more...
Rightful Resistance in Rural China
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 26.00Introduces the concept of rightful resistance and explains how it operates in rural China. Focusing on ways in which the powerless 'work' a political system, this book highlights how evidence from China and social movement theory can speak to each other. more...









