Authority in contention

• Other Authors: Myers, Daniel J., Cress, Daniel M.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2004.
• Series: Research in social movements, conflicts and change ; vol. 25.
• Subjects: Social movements > Political aspects > Congresses.; Authority > Congresses.; Political persecution > Congresses.; Political control & freedoms.; Political Science > Political Freedom & Security > General.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849502238 (electronic bk.) : 1849502234 (electronic bk.) : 0762310375 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (305 p.) : ill.

In recent years, there has been a surge in social movement theorizing known as the contentious politics approach to studying political protest activity. In 2002, a conference sponsored by the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association was held at the Un...