The social movements reader: cases and concepts

When and why do social movements occur?. The women's movement / Jo Freeman ; The gay liberation movement / John D'Emilio ; Occupy Wall Street / Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, and Penny Lewis ; The Egyptian revolution / Manuel Castells

Who joins or supports movements?. The free-rider problem / Mancur Olson ; Recruits to civil rights activism / Doug McAdam ; Who are the radical Islamists? / Charles Kurzman ; Women's mobilization into the Salvadoran guerrilla army / Jocelyn S. Viterna

Who remains in movements, who drops out, and why?. Generating commitment among students / Eric L. Hirsch ; Sustaining commitment among radical feminists / Nancy Whittier ; True believers and charismatic cults / Janja Lalich ; Are frames enough? / Charlotte Ryan and William A. Gamson ; The emotional benefits of insurgency in El Salvador / Elisabeth Jean Wood ; Classic protest songs : a list

How are movements organized?. Social movement organizations / John D. McCarthy and Mayer N. Zald ; Transnational environmental activism / Paul Wapner ; The transnational network for democratic globalization / Jackie Smith ; Meeting arenas / Christoph Haug

What do movements do?. Tactical innovation in the civil rights movement / Aldon D. Morris ; Armed struggle in the South African anti-apartheid movement / Gay Seidman ; Suicide bombing / Robert J. Brym ; Everyday life, routine politics, and protest / Javier Auyero ; The emotion work of movements / Deborah B. Gould ; Tactical repertoires : same-sex weddings / Verta Taylor, Katrina Kimiport, Nella Van Dyke, and Ellen Ann Andersen

How do movements interact with other players?. Farmworkers' movements in changing political contexts / J. Craig Jenkins and Charles Perrow ; Movements in the media / Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, Sheera Joy Olasky, and James E. Stobaugh ; What shapes the West's human rights focus? / James Ron, Howard Ramos, and Kathleen Rodgers ; The quest for international allies / Clifford Bob ; Global corporations, global unions / Stephen Lerner

Why do movements decline?. The decline of the women's movement / Barbara Epstein ; The dilemmas of identity politics / Joshua Gamson ; The repression/protest paradox in Central America / Charles D. Brockett ; Counterinsurgency / Ian Roxborough

What changes do movements bring about?. Defining movement "success" / William A. Gamson ; How social movements matter / David S. Meyer ; Environmental justice / David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle ; Understanding revolutions : the Arab uprisings / Jack A. Goldstone ; Why nonviolence sometimes fails : China in 1989 / Sharon Erickson Nepstad