The Social Movement Society Contentious Politics for a New Century

by Meyer, David S.; Tarrow, Sidney; Crozat, Matthew; Hipsher, Patricia L.; Katzenstein, Mary Fainsod; Keck, Margaret E.; Klandermans, Bert; Kubik, Jan; McCarthy, John D.; McPhail, Clark; Meyer, David S.; Olivier, Johan; Porta, Donatella Della; Reiter, Herber

• ISBN13: 9780847685400
• ISBN10: 0847685403
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-29
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and the ways in which it continues to change the societies in which it is prevalent.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
1 A Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century	1	(28)
David S. Meyer
Sidney Tarrow
2 The Structure and Culture of Collective Protest in Germany since 1950	29	(30)
Dieter Rucht
3 Are the Times A-Changin'? Assessing the Acceptance of Protest in Western Democracies	59	(24)
Matthew Crozat
4 The Institutionalization of Protest in the United States	83	(28)
John D. McCarthy
Clark McPhail
5 Policing Protest in France and Italy: From Intimidation to Cooperation?	111	(20)
Donatella della Porta
Olivier Fillieule
Herbert Reiter
6 Institutionalization of Protest during Democratic Consolidation in Central Europe	131	(22)
Jan Kubik
7 Democratic Transitions as Protest Cycles: Social Movement Dynamics in Democratizing Latin America	153	(20)
Patricia L. Hipsher
8 A Movement Takes Office	173	(22)
Bert Klandermans
Marlene Roefs
Johan Olivier
9 Stepsisters: Feminist Movement Activism in Different Institutional Spaces	195	(22)
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein
10 Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society	217	(22)
Margaret E. Keck
Kathryn Sikkink
References	239	(24)
Index	263	(16)
About the Contributors	279