02420cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000380009502000350013304000320016804100080020004200080020805000220021608200100023824501290024826000620037730000280043933600210046733700250048833800230051350400670053650509630060352001780156665000220174465000250176665000230179165000280181465000230184265000250186570000690189070000750195916839755BJBSDDR20231130162658.0ta110622s2012    cau      b    001 0 eng c  a  2011026604  a9780804776127 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a0804776121 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCSt/DLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc14aHM 881bC761 201200a322.400aContention in context :bpolitical opportunities and the emergence of protest /cedited by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper.  aStanford, California :bStanford University Press,c2012.  axvi, 341 pages ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.0 aIntroduction : from political opportunity structures to strategic interaction / James M. Jasper -- Peasant revolts in the French Revolution / Jack A. Goldstone -- Rural social movements in Nicaragua / Anthony W. Pereira -- Human rights in Argentina / Amy Risley -- Rural unions in Brazil / John L. Hammond -- The civil rights movement / Francesca Polletta -- The women's movement / John D. Skrentny -- Gay and lesbian liberation / Adam Isaiah Green -- The U.S. movement for peace in Central America / James M. Jasper -- Opportunity knocks : the trouble with political opportunity and what you can do about it / Edwin Amenta and Drew Halfmann -- Sensing and seizing opportunities : how contentious actors and strategies emerge / Christian Bröer and Jan Willem Duyvendak -- Eventful protest, global conflicts : social mechanisms in the reproduction of protest / Donatella della Porta -- Conclusion : are protestors opportunists? : fifty tests / Jeff Goodwin.  aThis book examines and criticizes recent research on social movements, in particular the strengths and limitations of political opportunity structures as a theoretical tool. 0aSocial movements. 4aMovimientos sociales 0aProtest movements. 4aMovimientos de protesta 0aPolitical science. 4aCiencias políticas1 aGoodwin, Jeff q(Jeffrey Roger), d1958-eeditor of compilation.1 aJasper, James M. q(James Macdonald), d1957- eeditor of compilation.