A 'good read' sorely needed to fill a gap in the political science literature on social movements.

Karen O'Connor, American University

Freeman, Johnson, and their fellow authors survey American social movements since the 1960s with enthusiasm and perspicacity, forcing us to recognize how movement activity has transformed American life over the last half-century.

Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University

The current generation of political science students will appreciate the useful summaries and valuable analyses of movements' political strategies within the structures of the American political system.

Andrew S. McFarland, University of Illinois--Chicago

Fresh, timely, and widely useful. . . . Readers are informed about a wide range of movements as well as given conceptual tools to analyze them.

Myra Marx Ferree, University of Connecticut

This is a highly useful and empirically rich collection that considers movements since the sixties as a protest wave. Indeed, the movements here are a tsunami of challenge and contention that will pique the interest of students.

Hank Johnston

This is an important contribution to the development of political thought.

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