Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics

Abstract

Introduction 1. Contentious politics and social movements: Part I. The Birth of the Modern Social Movement: 2. Modular collective action 3. Print and association 4. Statebuilding and social movements Part II. From Contention to Social Movements: 5. Political opportunities and constraints 6. The repertoire of contention 7. Framing contention 8. Mobilising structures and contentious politics Part III. The Dynamics of Movement: 9. Cycles of contention 10. Struggling to reform 11. Transnational contention/conclusion: the future of social movements.