Contentious politics / / Charles Tilly and Sidney Tarrow.

• VerfasserIn: Tilly, Charles,; Tarrow, Sidney G.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Tarrow, Sidney G.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Oxford University Press,, [2015]; 2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Second revised edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages) :; illustrations, maps

"Revolutions, social movements, religious and ethnic conflict, nationalism and civil rights, and transnational movements: these forms of contentious politics combine in Charles Tilly's and Sidney Tarrow's Contentious Politics. The authors present a set of analytical tools and procedures for study, comparison, and explanation of these very different sorts of contention. Drawing on many historical and contemporary cases, the book shows that similar principles describe and explain a wide variety of struggles as well as many more routine forms of politics. This fully revised and updated edition explores some of the major contentious events that have taken place since the original book was published in 2007, including the Occupy movement in the United States, the campaign for free elections in the city of Hong Kong, insurrections against Middle Eastern dictatorships, and armed conflicts on the border of the former Soviet Union. Comprehensive and empirically rich, Contentious Politics, 2nd edition remains a valuable resource for developing a more nuanced understanding of modern social movements and political conflicts for students and scholars"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- Preface -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Making Claims -- 2. How to Analyze Contention -- PART TWO: REPERTOIRES, REGIMES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- 3. Democracy, Undemocracy, and Change in Repertoires -- 4. Contention in Hybrid Regimes -- PART III: INTERACTION AND MOBILIZATION -- 5. Contentious Interaction -- 6. Mobilization and Demobilization -- PART IV: MOVEMENT AND LETHAL POLITICS -- 7. Social Movements -- 8. Lethal Conflicts -- PART V: CONTENTION TODAY AND TOMORROW -- 9. Transnational Contention -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Concepts and Methods -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.