Dynamics of Contention

This item is printed on demand. Dissatisfied with the compartmentalization of studies concerning strikes, wars, revolutions, social movements, and other forms of political st [more]

This item is printed on demand. Dissatisfied with the compartmentalization of studies concerning strikes, wars, revolutions, social movements, and other forms of political struggle, McAdam, Tarrow, and Tilly identify causal mechanisms and processes that.[less]

pp. xxi + [ii] + 387, Figures Dissatisfied with the compartmentalization of studies concerning strikes, wars, revolutions, social movements, and other forms of political stru [more]

pp. xxi + [ii] + 387, Figures Dissatisfied with the compartmentalization of studies concerning strikes, wars, revolutions, social movements, and other forms of political struggle, McAdam, Tarrow, and Tilly identify causal mechanisms and processes that recur across a wide range of contentious politics. Critical of the static, single-actor models (including their own) that have prevailed in the field, they shift the focus of analysis to dynamic interaction. Doubtful that large, complex series of events such as revolutions and social movements conform to general laws, they break events into smaller episodes, then identify rec.[less]