Contains a collection of theoretically data-driven papers, which addresses a series of questions that are at forefront of social movement scholarship. This book builds bridges between scholarship on social movements and on social conflicts. It carries on the distinguished tradition of the Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change series.

INTRODUCTIONPatrick G. CoyPART I: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELANDFROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND BACK AGAIN: THE INTERRELATION OF REBELLION AND PROTEST IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 1955-1972 Gregory M. ManeySOCIAL MOVEMENT PARTICIPATION AND THE A"TIMINGA" OF INVOLVEMENT: THE CASE OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Lorenzo BosiPOLICE KNOWLEDGE REVISED: INSIGHTS FROM THE POLICING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELANDGianluca De FazioPART II: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND POLITICAL CULTURESRETHINKING NONVIOLENT ACTION AND CONTENTIOUS POLITICS: POLITICAL CULTURES OF NONVIOLENT OPPOSITION IN THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AND BRAZIL'S LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENTSean Chabot and Stellan VinthagenA LONG, HARD SLOG: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE MOBILIZATION OF DISSENT IN NON-DEMOCRACIESMaryjane Osa and Kurt SchockSTRATEGIC WOMEN, ELITE ADVOCACY AND INSIDER STRATEGIES: THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN WALESPaul ChaneyPART III: IDENTITIES, IDEOLOGIES, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT PARTICIPATIONIDEOLOGY, ORGANIZATION, AND BIOGRAPHY: THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY TALK AMONG PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Stephen ValocchiART AND IDENTITY IN MEXICAN AND CHICANO SOCIAL MOVEMENTSEdward J. McCaughanNEW FRONTIERS FOR IDENTITY POLITICS? THE POTENTIAL AND PITFALLS OF PATIENT AND CIVIC IDENTITY IN THE DUTCH PATIENTS' HEALTH MOVEMENT Jan Willem Duyvendak and Trudi NederlandPATHS TO PARTICIPATION: A PROFILE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS-ERA KU KLUX KLANDavid Cunningham