Strangers at the gates : movements and states in contentious politics /
Tarrow, Sidney G.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-248) and index.
1. Theories of contention -- I. Movements in History, Histories of Movements: 2. Peasants and communists in southern Italy; 3. State building and contention in America; 4. The French revolution, war, and state building -- II. Movements, Parties, and Institutions: 5. States, movements, and opportunities; 6. The phantom at the opera -- III. Events, Episodes, and Cycles: 7. From eventful history to cycles of contention; 8. From 'moments of madness' to waves of contention --  IV. Outcomes of Contention: 9. Social protest and policy breakthroughs; 10. 'What's in a word?': how contention shapes contentious language -- V. Transnational Contention: 11. Rooted cosmopolitans and transnational activists; 12. Transnational contention and human rights.
Social movements
Social action
Collective behavior
Social change
Political sociology.