> Just Published!
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> Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 2008, Volume 28,
> Patrick G. Coy, editor
> Synopsis
> Social movement strategies and coalition dynamics in movements are
> two of the most robust arenas for cutting-edge research. Many case
> studies offer useful analytical windows through which we can
> understand the strategic choices made by individual movement
> organizations. Equally if not more important questions remain about
> how the positions a movement organization occupies in the broader
> social movement field impacts strategic decision-making. Coalition
> politics and conflicts matter to social movements. Thus Section One
> of this volume of "Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and
> Change" presents a series of papers focused on the complex dynamics
> of coalitions and the interorganizational relations within social
> movements. Another section follows immediately that compliments in
> an integrated way the first, this one focused on strategic decision
> making in social movements, including with regard to strategic
> alliances. The Volume closes with a third section on political
> opportunities and political inequalities. This volume of the
> "Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change" does what the
> series has always done best: showcase sound empirical work and
> creative theory-building that addresses those questions currently at
> the forefront of the field.
> Table of Contents
>
> INTRODUCTION
> Patrick G. Coy
>
> PART I: COALITION DYNAMICS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
>
> Linking Strategic Choice with Macro-Organizational Dynamics:
> Strategy and Social Movement Articulation
> Dennis J. Downey and Deana A. Rohlinger
> Coalition Dissolution, Mobilization, and Network Dynamics
> in the U.S. Antiwar Movement
> Michael T. Heaney and Fabio Rojas
>
> Social Movement Organizations and Coalitions: Comparisons from the
> Women’s Movement in Buenos Aires, Argentina
> Elizabeth Borland
>
> Mesomobilization and Fragile Coalitions: Aboriginal Politics and
> Treaty-Making in British Columbia
> R.S. Ratner and Andrew Woolford
>
> The Living Wage Movement and the Economics Of Morality:
> Frames, Ideology and the Discursive Field
> Shehzad Nadeem
>
> PART II: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING IN SOCIAL
> MOVEMENTS
>
> Professional and Political Alliances, Legitimating Authority and the
> Longevity of Health Movement Organizations
> Matthew E. Archibald and Kendralin J. Freeman
> Opposing Movement Strategies in U.S. Abortion Politics
> David S. Meyer and Suzanne Staggenborg
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>
> What We Talk About When We Talk About Decline:
> Competing Narratives in The Amsterdam Squatters’ Movement
> Lynn Owens
>
>
> PART III: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND POLITICAL INEQUALITIES
>
> Restricting Public Life, Creating Deadly Strife:
> How Political Discrimination Impacts Interethnic Conflict
> Clayton D. Peoples and Tina Hsu Schweizer
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>
> Starving For Change: The Hunger Strike and Nonviolent Action,
> 1906 - 2004
> Stephen J. Scanlan, Laurie Cooper Stoll and Kimberly Lumm
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