This volume presents an authoritative, comparative examination of the structure, processes, and behaviour of social movements.

• 1: Donatella della Porta and Mario Diani: Introduction: The Field of Social Movement Studies


• I. Core Theoretical Perspectives


• 2: Klaus Eder: Social Movements in Social Theory


• 3: Ondrej Cisar: Social movements in Political Science


• 4: John Markoff: Historical Analysis and Social Movement Research


• 5: Sidney Tarrow: Contentious Politics


• 6: Stephen Wulff, Mary Bernstein, and Verta Taylor: New Theoretical Directions from the Study of Gender and Sexuality Movements


• II. Social Movements and Structural Processes


• 7: Beverly J. Silver and Sahan Savas Karatasli: Historical Dynamics of Capitalism and Labor Movements


• 8: Jack A. Goldstone: Demography and Social Movements


• 9: Nina Eggert and Marco Giugni: Migration and Social Movements


• 10: Lasse Lindekilde and Lene Kühle: Religious Revivalism and Social Movements


• 11: Diego Muro: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Social Movements


• 12: Massimiliano Andretta, Gianni Piazza, and Anna Subirats: Urban Dynamics and Social Movements


• III. Micro-Dynamics of Contention


• 13: Bert Klandermans: Motivations to Action


• 14: David B. Tindall: Networks as Constraints and Opportunities


• 15: Pamela Oliver: Rational action


• 16: Helena Flam: Micromobilization and Emotions


• 17: Olivier Fillieule: Demobilization and Disengagement in a Life Course Perspective


• IV. How Movements Organize


• 18: Frank den Hond, Frank G.A. de Bakker, and Nikolai Smith: Social Movements and Organizational Analysis


• 19: Mario Diani and Ann Mische: Network Approaches and Social Movements


• 20: Holly J. McCammon, and Minyoung Moon: Social Movement Coalitions


• 21: Hatem M. Hassan and Suzanne Staggenborg: Movements as Communities


• 22: Jennifer Earl, Jayson Hunt, R. Kelly Garrett, and Aysenur Dal: New Technologies and Social Movements


• 23: W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg: Communication in Movements


• 24: Paul Routledge: Geography and Social Movements


• V. Repertoires of Collective Action


• 25: James Jasper, Kevin Moran, and Marisa Tramontano: Strategy


• 26: Eitan Y. Alimi: Repertoires of Contention


• 27: David Waddington: Riots


• 28: Lorenzo Bosi and Stefan Malthaner: Political Violence


• 29: Elisabeth Wood: Guerrilla and Armed Insurrections


• 30: Daniel P. Ritter: Civil Resistance


• 31: Michele Micheletti and Dietlind Stolle: Consumer Strategies in Social Movements


• 32: Helmut Anheier and Nikolas Scherer: Voluntary Action and Social Movements


• VI. Cultures of Contention


• 33: Anna E. Tan and David A. Snow: Cultural Conflicts and Social Movements


• 34: Francesca Polletta and Beth Gharrity Gardner: Narrative and Social Movements


• 35: Ron Eyerman: The Art of Social Movement


• 36: Nicole Doerr, Alice Mattoni, and Simon Teune: Visuals in Social Movements


• 37: Julia Eckert: Practice Movements: The Politics of Non-Sovereign Power


• 38: Jeff Juris and Alex Khasnabish: Immanent Accounts: Ethnography, Engagement, and Social Movement Practices


• VII. Political and Non-Political Opportunities and Constraints


• 39: Mark R. Beissinger: Contentious Collective Action and the Evolving Nation-State


• 40: Jackie Smith: Social Movements and the Multilateral Arena


• 41: Hank Johnston: 'The Game's Afoot': Social Movements in Authoritarian States


• 42: Abby Peterson and Matthias Wahlström: Repression: The Governance of Domestic Dissent


• 43: Philip Balsiger: Managing Protest: The Political Action Repertoires of Corporations


• 44: Hanspeter Kriesi: Party Systems, Electoral Systems, and Social Movements


• 45: Kenneth M. Roberts: Populism, Social Movements, and Popular Subjectivity


• 46: Sarah A. Soule and Brayden G. King: Markets, Business, and Social Movements


• VIII. Movements' Contributions to Social and Political Change


• 47: Colin Barker and Michel Lavalette: Welfare Changes and Social Movements


• 48: Christopher Rootes and Eugene Nulman: The Impacts of Environmental Movements


• 49: Kate Nash: Is it Social Movements that Construct Human Rights?


• 50: Raffaele Marchetti: The Conditions for Civil Society Participation in International Decision Making


• 51: Donatella della Porta: Democracy within Movements


• 52: Julien Talpin: Democratic Innovations


• 53: Jeff Goodwin and Rene Rojas: Revolutions and Regime Changes

Donatella della Porta is Professor of Political science, Scuola Normale Superiore, and the Director of the Center, Social Movement Studies-Cosmos, Florence.
Mario Diani is Professor of Sociology, University of Trento.