Claude Rosental is Research Professor of Sociology at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and a member of the Centre d'Étude des Mouvements Sociaux in Paris.

PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 A DRAMATURGIC APPROACH TO PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS 19
2 PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACTION 37
3 PREPARING DEMONSTRATIONS 79
4 CAMPAIGNS AND ARSENALS 105
5 PERFORMANCES WITH LIMITED POWER 133
6 APPRENTICESHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM 167
7 ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURAL GOODS, FORMS OF ART 193
CONCLUSION 227
NOTES 237
REFERENCES 249
INDEX 263