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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Players and Arenas Formerly Known as the State -- James M. Jasper -- Part 1 - The Rules of Law -- 1. The Courts -- Criminal Trials as Strategic Arenas -- Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes -- 2. Political Parties and Legislators -- A Latin American Perspective -- Hélène Combes -- 3. Political Parties and Legislators -- An American Perspective -- Katherine Krimmel -- 4. Contentious Governance -- Local Governmental Players as Social Movement Actors -- Imrat Verhoeven and Christian Broer -- Part 2 - The Forces of Order -- 5. The Police -- Donatella della Porta and Kıvanç Atak -- 6. The Military -- The Mutual Determination of Strategy in Ireland, 1912-1921 -- Ian Roxborough -- 7. Infiltrators -- David Cunningham and Roberto Soto-Carri0n -- 8. Liberal Violence -- Strategies of Repression in Transitional Regimes -- Vince Boudreau -- Part 3 - International Arenas -- 9. The United Nations -- Gay versus Anti-Gay Players in Transnational Contention -- Clifford Bob -- Conclusion -- Simplicity vs. Complexity in the Analysis of Social Movements -- Jack A. Goldstone -- Contributors -- Index -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figure 3.1 - Percentage of Bills Introduced in the US House Reported from Committee and Passed -- Figure C1 - Tilly's Polity Model, Static Version -- Figure C2 - A More Complex View of Fields of Action for Social Movements -- Table 2.1 - The Non-Partisan Engagements of National, Regional, and Local Leaders of the PRD between 1968 and 1997 -- Table 2.2 - Arenas and the Resource Transfers of Multi-Positioned Players -- Table 5.1 - Styles of Policing, or "Interaction" -- Table 5.2 - Protest Policing Strategies -- Table 8.1 - Domination vs. Contestation.

"This book examines ideas of 'home' of Americans and Western Europeans under the influence of the two major revolutions of our times: the gender revolution and increased mobility due to globalization. It analyzes how 'home' has been politicized, as well as alternative home-making strategies that aim to transcend the 'logic of identities'"--

"In this important book, Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper bring together an internationally acclaimed group of contributors to demonstrate the complexities of the social and political spheres in various areas of public policy. By breaking down the state into the players who really make decisions and pursue coherent strategies, these essays provide new perspectives on the interactions between political protestors and the many parts of the state--from courts, political parties, and legislators to police, armies, and intelligence services. By analyzing politics as the interplay of various players within structured arenas, Breaking Down the State provides an innovative look at law and order versus opposing movements in countries across the globe"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction : players and arenas formerly known as the state / James M. Jasper -- The courts : criminal trials as strategic arenas / Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes -- Political parties and legislators : a Latin American perspective / Hélène Combes -- Political parties and legislators : an American perspective / Katherine Krimmel -- Contentious governance : local governmental players as social movement actors / Imrat Verhoeven and Christian Bröer -- The police / Donatella della Porta and Kıvanç Atak -- The military : the mutual determination of strategy in Ireland, 1912-1921 / Ian Roxborough -- Infiltrators / David Cunningham and Roberto Soto-Carrión -- Liberal violence : strategies of repression in transitional regimes / Vince Boudreau -- The United Nations : gay versus anti-gay players in transnational contention / Clifford Bob -- Conclusion : simplicity vs. complexity in the analysis of social movements / Jack A. Goldstone.

Players and Arenas brings together a diverse group of experts to examine the interactions between political protestors and the many strategic players they encounter, such as cultural institutions, religious organizations, and the mass media—as well as potential allies, competitors, recruits, and funders. Discussing protestors and players as they interact within the arenas of specific social contexts, the essays show that the main constraints on what protestors can accomplish come not from social and political structures, but from other players with different goals and interests. Through a careful treatment of these situations, this volume offers a new way to approach the role of social protest in national and international politics.

In this important book, Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper bring together an internationally acclaimed group of contributors to demonstrate the complexities of the social and political spheres in various areas of public policy. By breaking down the state into the players who really make decisions and pursue coherent strategies, these essays provide new perspectives on the interactions between political protestors and the many parts of the state—from courts, political parties, and legislators to police, armies, and intelligence services. By analyzing politics as the interplay of various players within structured arenas, Breaking Down the State provides an innovative look at law and order versus opposition movements in countries across the globe.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 - Insiders and supporters -- 1. Movement Factions -- 2. Fractal Arenas -- 3. Beyond Channeling and Professionalization -- 4. Mind the Gap! -- Part 2 - Market players -- 5. Corporations as Players and Arenas -- 6. Professions, Social Movements, and the Sovereign Corporation -- 7. The Double Game of Unions and the Labor Movement -- Part 3 - Experts, intellectuals, and media -- 8. Giving Voice -- 10. Put Me in, Coach? Referee? Owner? Security? -- 11. When and Why Religious Groups Become Political Players -- 12. What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Illuminate about Bystander Publics as Proto-Players -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.

"What we are seeing at present is the return, or perhaps better put, the dramatic increase in the deployment of the category native and, with this, an increasing hostility towards those who are considered non-native. Not only are well-rehearsed nativist discourses of class, race and religion surfacing in the political mainstream, but uniquely to this latest resurgence of nativism, liberal ideas and discourses themselves are being held up as ideological benchmarks by which to measure whether or not people belong to the nation. The nativist logic has thus spread across nations, across the political spectrum, from the fringes back into the mainstream, and into heretofore-thought safe political discourses. This book will explore how and why this has happened"--