The Social Movement Society

Contentious Politics for a New Century

Contributions by Matthew Crozat, Patricia L. Hipsher, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Margaret E. Keck, Bert Klandermans, Jan Kubik, John D. McCarthy, Clark McPhail, David S. Meyer, Johan Olivier, Donatella Della Porta, Herbert Reiter, Marlene Roefs, Dieter Rucht, Kathryn Sikkink Edited by David S. Meyer, Sidney Tarrow

Publication date:

29 December 1997

Length of book:

304 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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.

Chapter 1 A Movement Society: Contentious Politics for a New Century
Chapter 2 The Structure and Culture of Collective Protest in Germany since 1950
Chapter 3 Are the Times A-Changin'? Assessing the Acceptance of Protest in Western Democracies
Chapter 4 The Institutionalization of Protest in the United States
Chapter 5 Policing Protest in France and Italy: From Intimidation to Cooperation? Donatella della Porta
Chapter 6 Institutionalization of Protest during Democratic Consolidation in Central Europe
Chapter 7 Democratic Transitions as Protest Cycles: Social Movement Dynamics in Democratizing Latin America
Chapter 8 A Movement Takes Office
Chapter 9 Stepsisters: Feminist Movement Activism in Different Institutional Spaces
Chapter 10 Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society