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This book comprises empirical tests of the theoretical implications of collective action theory specifically with regard to mobilization. It is based on the author's European Protest and Coercion Data, which won the Comparative Politics Section of American Political Science Asso…
The study of social and popular movements continues to attract great interest, but little is known of political activity which takes place outside of traditional political structures. Tnis volume looks at informal political action which arises when conventional frameworks, such …
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The contributors to this study argue that the analysis of informal collective action should be focussed on the context in which it takes place and on the relation between the concepts of power and knowledge.
In 2001, a group of eminent American scientists affiliated with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) contacted Seth Shulman, an experienced investigative journalist, to look into charges of serious mishandling of scientific information in the current administration. Shulman's…