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Power in movement : social movements, collective action, and politics / Sidney Tarrow.

Title
Power in movement : social movements, collective action, and politics / Sidney Tarrow.
Author
Tarrow, Sidney G.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Description
x, 251 p. ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Social movements have an elusive power. From the French and American revolutions through the democratic and workers' movements of the 19th century, to the totalitarian movements of today, movements exercise a fleeting but powerful influence on politics and society.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Subject
  • Social movements > History
  • Collective behavior > History
  • Social change > History
  • Social Change > history
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-218) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Collective Action and Social Movements -- pt. 1. The Birth of the National Social Movement. 2. Modular Collective Action. 3. Print, Association and the Diffusion of Movement. 4. States and Social Movements -- pt. 2. The Powers of Movement. 5. Seizing and Making Opportunities. 6. Acting Collectively. 7. Framing Collective Action. 8. Mobilizing Structures -- pt. 3. Movement Dynamics. 9. Cycles of Protest. 10. Struggling to Reform. 11. A Movement Society?
ISBN
  • 052142271X (pbk.)
  • 0521410797
LCCN
^^^93044901^
OCLC
  • 29388636
  • SCSB-10740591
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library