James M. Jasper has written about culture and politics for more than forty years. He recently retired from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He writes about culture and politics, and his most recent books are Public Characters, Protestors and their Targets, and The Emotions of Protest.
Luke Elliott-Negri is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Isaac Jabola-Carolus is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Marc Kagan is a doctoral candidate in the History program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Jessica Mahlbacher received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She now work at the US Department of State.
Manès Weisskircher is a political scientist in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography and the Center for Research on Extremism
(C-REX) at the University of Oslo.
Anna Zhelnina is a fellow at the University of Helsinki.

• Preface by James M. Jasper


• Introduction: The Long Game


• Chapter 1: Theories of Strategic Outcomes


• Chapter 2: Creating Arenas: 15 an Hour in Seattle


• Chapter 3: Institutionalizing Participatory Budgeting in New York City


• Chapter 4: Leading a Player: Dissent among the New York Transport Workers


• Chapter 5: Owning an Issue and Entering New Arenas: Communist Success in Graz


• Chapter 6: The Radical Package: the Umbrellas of Hong Kong


• Chapter 7: The Personality Package: Opposing Putin in Moscow


• Conclusion: Following the Interactions

Gains and Losses looks at the details of politics, where individuals make decisions, negotiate with allies and opponents, suffer trade-offs and struggle with dilemmas, and often take to the streets as part of a broad strategic effort. In entertaining detail, the book presents six important, recent cases from three continents.