TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodwin,Jeff
AU  - Jasper,James M.
TI  - Contention in context: political opportunities and the emergence of protest 
SN  - 9780804776127 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HM 881 C761 2012
U1  - 322.4 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Social movements
KW  - Movimientos sociales
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - Movimientos de protesta
KW  - Political science
KW  - Ciencias políticas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index; Introduction : 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
N2  - This book examines and criticizes recent research on social movements, in particular the strengths and limitations of political opportunity structures as a theoretical tool
ER  -