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Places social movements in the broader arena of contentious politics in relation to states, political parties and other actors.

List of Tables and Figures	p. vi
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Theories of Contentious Politics	p. 6
Movements in History, Histories of Movements
Peasants and Communists in Southern Italy	p. 29
State Building and Contention in America	p. 45
The French Revolution, War, and State Building	p. 60
Movements, Parties, and Institutions
States, Movements, and Opportunities	p. 77
The Phantom at the Opera	p. 93
Events, Episodes, and Cycles
From Eventful History to Cycles of Contention	p. 115
From "Moments of Madness" to Waves of Contention	p. 131
Outcomes of Contention
Social Protest and Policy Breakthroughs	p. 147
"What's in a Word?" How Contention Shapes Contentious Language	p. 160
Transnational Contention
Rooted Cosmopolitans and Transnational Activists	p. 181
Transnational Contention and Human Rights	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 249
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