Breaking down the state: protestors engaged

In: Protest and social movements 5

Abstract

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