For the last two decades, Sidney Tarrow has explored "contentious politics"—disruptions of the settled political order caused by social movements. These disru

"An analysis of the major contentious events over the course of the past ten years"--

The political turmoil of the Civil War Era has been analyzed many times, but one area of this period's history is often overlooked: a large body of humorous, cl

"Over the past two decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other non-routine politics has flourished. And yet research on the top

Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. From the French and American revolutions throug