Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-319) and index.
Contents:
Where have all the foils gone? Competing theories of contentious politics and the civil rights movement / Mark I. Lichbach. Very excess of democracy / Sidney Tarrow -- Interest organizations, political parties, and the study of democratic politics / Paul Burstein -- Mobilizing gay activists / Claude Dufour -- Mobilization at the margins / Daniel M. Cress and David A. Snow -- Use of the initiative process by woman suffrage movements / Lee Ann Banaszak -- Less than conquerors / John C. Green, James L. Guth, and Clyde Wilcox -- Citizen groups, political parties, and electoral coalitions / Jeffrey M. Berry and Deborah Schildkraut -- American social movements and presidential administrations / Douglas R. Imig -- Women lobby Congress / Anne N. Costain -- Environmental movement and Congress / W. Douglas Costain and James P. Lester -- Social movements and the mobilization of law / Michael W. McCann -- Litigation as rebellion / Oneida Meranto -- Social movements and abortion law / Laura R. Woliver -- On the international origins of domestic political opportunities / Doug McAdam -- Where have all the foils gone? Competing theories of contentious politics and the civil rights movement / Mark I. Lichbach.
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