Research in Social Movements Conflicts and Change showcases deeply empirical and often multi-method research by senior and junior scholars alike. Comparative analysis and qualitative case studies push into new territories in this illuminating and important research which seeks to define and advance the multiple fields reflected in the series title.

Introduction - Patrick G. Coy Part I Spotlights on the Academy It's Part of My BeingA": Demand-Making and Discursive Protest by Feminist Sociologists Inside Academia, Heather Laube Risks and Ethics of Social Movement Research in a Changing Political Climate, Kathleen M. Blee and Tim Vining Part II The Politics of Public Protest The Impacts of Repression: The Effect of Police Presence and Action on Subsequent Protest Rates, Jennifer S. Earl and Sarah A. Soule On Social Networks and Social Protest: Understanding the Role of Organizational and Personal Ties in Large-Scale Protest Events Dana R. Fisher Legal Dissent: Constitutional Proposals for CambioA" in Cuba, Ana Christina Moldonado Bridging Contentious and Electoral Politics: Moveon and the Digital Revolution, Victoria Carty Part III Extending Framing Theory in Multiple Directions Framing Illegal Immigration at the U.S.-Mexican Border: Anti-Illegal Immigration Groups and the Importance of Place in Framing April Lee Dove The Dilemma of Differential Mobilization: Framing Strategies and Shaping Engagement in the Occupation of Alcatraz Christopher Wetzel Movement Publications as Data: An Assessment of an Underutilized Resource Andrew W. Martin