Protest and Opportunities
A Theory of Social Movements and Political Change

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Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Why and how this book
Part I: A Theory of Social Movements and Political Change
Introduction
Why and how this book
Part I: A Theory of Social Movements and Political Change
Chapter 1: Collective Goods, Public Policies, Political Institutions, and Political Change
Chapter 2: Social Movement Strength, Tactics, and the Viability of Political Goals
Chapter 3: Opportunities and Constraints in the Environment of Social Movements
Chapter 4: Causal Mechanisms of Political Change
Part II: The Political Outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 2: Social Movement Strength, Tactics, and the Viability of Political Goals
Chapter 3: Opportunities and Constraints in the Environment of Social Movements
Chapter 4: Causal Mechanisms of Political Change
Part II: The Political Outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 5: The Judicial Mechanism
Chapter 6: The Disruption Mechanism
Chapter 7: The Public Preference Mechanism
Chapter 8: The Political Access Mechanism
Chapter 9: The International Politics Mechanism
Part III: The Political Outcomes of the Anti-nuclear Energy Movement
Chapter 6: The Disruption Mechanism
Chapter 7: The Public Preference Mechanism
Chapter 8: The Political Access Mechanism
Chapter 9: The International Politics Mechanism
Part III: The Political Outcomes of the Anti-nuclear Energy Movement
Chapter 10: Designing the Study: Coping with Time, Scope, and Causal Complexity
Chapter 11: The Anti-nuclear Energy Movement before Chernobyl
Chapter 12: The Impact of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Nuclear Energy
Chapter 13: Anti-nuclear Outcomes and the Causal Mechanisms of Political Change
Part IV: Conclusions
Chapter 11: The Anti-nuclear Energy Movement before Chernobyl
Chapter 12: The Impact of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Nuclear Energy
Chapter 13: Anti-nuclear Outcomes and the Causal Mechanisms of Political Change
Part IV: Conclusions
Chapter 14: What have we learned? What needs to be done?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Bibliography
Index
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