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| Preface |
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| Introduction: Economic and Political Contention in Comparative Perspective |
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Maria Kousis and Charles Tilly |
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| Part I: Economic, Political, and Other Opportunity Structures |
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1. Specifying the Concept of Political Opportunity Structures |
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Julie Berclaz and Marco Giugni |
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2. Capitalist Law, Relations of Production and Exploitation, and Structured Possibilities for Contention, or Using Three Tillys to Make One Argument |
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33 | (15) |
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3. Identity Dynamics: Motivations and Movement Mobilizations in the United States and Japan |
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48 | (22) |
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4. The Internet as a New Opportunity for Transnational Protest Groups |
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70 | (19) |
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| Part II: How Politics and Economics Change Opportunities |
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5. Theory of Revolution from Thucydides to Tilly |
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89 | (10) |
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6. From the Common Market to the Political Union: The Shifting Opportunity Structure of Contentious Politics in Europe |
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99 | (15) |
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7. The Economic Opportunities of European Union Enlargement |
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114 | (29) |
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8. Living Wage Laws in the United States: The Dynamics of a Growing Movement |
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143 | (18) |
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| Part III: Threats, Opportunities, and Forms of Action in Changing Economies |
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9. Political Opportunity and Capitalist Crisis |
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161 | (16) |
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10. Linking Economic and Political Opportunities in Nondemocracies |
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177 | (25) |
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Maryjane Osa and Cristina Corduneanh Huci |
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11. State Responses as Economic and Political Threats and Opportunities in Southern European Environmental Contention |
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202 | (24) |
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| Conclusion: An Opportunity to Speak |
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226 | (5) |
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| References |
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| Index |
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251 | (12) |
| About the Contributors |
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