War, States, and Contention: A Comparative Historical Study

by Sidney G Tarrow and Sidney G. Tarrow

Book Overview

For the last two decades, Sidney Tarrow has explored "contentious politics"--disruptions of the settled political order caused by social movements. These disruptions range from strikes and street protests to riots and civil disobedience to revolution. In War, States, and Contention, Tarrow shows how such movements sometimes trigger, animate, and guide the course of war and how they sometimes rise during war and in war's wake to change regimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801479622
• ISBN13: 9780801479625
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher