Machine generated contents note: 1. Theories of contention; Part I. Movements in History: Histories of Movements: 2. Peasants and communists in southern Italy; 3. State building and contention in America; 4. Revolution, war, and state building in France; Part II. Movements, Parties, and Elections: 5. Movements, states, and opportunities; 6. The phantom at the opera; Part III. Events, Episodes, and Cycles: 7. From eventful history to cycles of contention; 8. From moments of madness to the repertoire of contention; Part IV. Outcomes of Contention: 9. Social protest and policy breakthroughs; 10. 'What's in a word?'; Part V. Transnational Contention: 11. Rooted cosmopolitans and transnational activists; 12. Transnational contention and human rights.
Strangers at the gates : movements and states in contentious politics by Sidney G. Tarrow. ISBN 9781107402010. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.