Repression and mobilization / Christian Davenport, Hank Johnston, and Carol Mueller, editors. - xli, 258 p. - Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 21 . - Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 21. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : repression and mobilization : insights from political science and sociology / Protest mobilization, protest repression, and their interaction / Precarious regimes and matchup problems in the explanation of repressive policy / The dictator's dilemma / When activists ask for trouble : state-dissident interactions and the new left cycle of resistance in the United States and Japan / Talking the walk : speech acts and resistance in authoritarian regimes / Soft repression : ridicule, stigma, and silencing in gender-based movements / Repression and the public sphere : discursive opportunities for repression against the extreme right in Germany in the 1990s / On the quantification of horror : notes from the field / Repression, mobilization, and explanation / How to organize your mechanisms : research programs, stylized facts, and historical narratives / Christian Davenport -- Clark McPhail and John D. McCarthy -- Vince Boudreau -- Ronald A. Francisco -- Gilda Zwerman and Patricia Steinhoff -- Hank Johnston -- Myra Marx Feree -- Ruud Koopmans -- Patrick Ball -- Charles Tilly -- Mark Lichbach. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Protest movements
Government, Resistance to
Political persecution

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