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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Tables -- 1. Introduction To The Concept Of Social Movement -- 1.1 An Episode In Light Of A Theoretical Approach -- 1.2 Three Lenses To Look At Social Movements -- 1.3 Delineating The Object Under Study -- 1.4 Frequently Asked Conceptual Questions -- 1.5 Summary -- 2. General Sociological Foundations -- 2.1 Three Problematic Dichotomies -- 2.2 Elements Of A Theory Of Society -- 2.3 Types Of Social Action -- 2.4 Systems And Fields -- 2.5 Lifeworld 2.6 Exchanges Between Systems And Lifeworld -- 2.7 The Public Sphere As A Third Domain -- 2.8 Excursus: Civil Society -- 2.9 Summary -- 3. Social Movements As Actors And Systems -- 3.1 The Status Of Social Movements -- 3.2 Functions Of Social Movements -- 3.3 Strategic And Communicative Action -- 3.4 Mobilizing And Protesting As Communication -- 3.5 Challenges Social Movements Are Facing -- 3.6 Summary -- 4. The External Dimension -- 4.1 Staging Public Protest: Strategies And Tactics -- 4.2 Getting Public Attention And Support -- 4.3 Ideology And External Framing -- 4.4 Building Alliances 4.5 Protest Politics And Other Forms Of Pressure -- 4.6 Power Of And Power Against Movements -- 4.7 Conflict Issues And Conflict Patterns -- 4.8 Summary -- 5. The Internal Dimension -- 5.1 Recruiting, Internal Mobilizing, Internal Framing -- 5.2 Structuring And Organizing -- 5.3 Collecting Information -- 5.4 Strengthening Collective Identity -- 5.5 Decision-making, Leadership, And Power In Movements -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. The Historical And Process Dimension -- 6.1 Insurgencies And Social Movements In A Long-term Perspective -- 6.2 Societal Formations And Social Movements 6.3 Social Movements In Transition Periods -- 6.4 Movement Dynamics And Waves -- 6.5 Linking The External And Internal Dimension -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Outcomes Of Social Movements -- 7.1 Conceptualizing Movement Outcomes -- 7.2 Explanatory Attempts And Their Difficulties