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: 9780847685417
• ISBN10: 0847685411
• Format: Paperback
• 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	p. ix
A Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century	p. 1
The Structure and Culture of Collective Protest in Germany since 1950	p. 29
Are the Times A-Changin'? Assessing the Acceptance of Protest in Western Democracies	p. 59
The Institutionalization of Protest in the United States	p. 83
Policing Protest in France and Italy: From Intimidation to Cooperation?	p. 111
Institutionalization of Protest during Democratic Consolidation in Central Europe	p. 131
Democratic Transitions as Protest Cycles: Social Movement Dynamics in Democratizing Latin America	p. 153
A Movement Takes Office	p. 173
Stepsisters: Feminist Movement Activism in Different Institutional Spaces	p. 195
Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society	p. 217
References	p. 239
Index	p. 263
About the Contributors	p. 279
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