Social movements : identity, culture, and the state / edited by David S.Meyer, Nancy Whittier, and Belinda Robnett.

Pt. I. Introduction. Opportunities and identities: bridge-building in the study of social movements / David S. Meyer -- Pt. II. States and policies. State repression and democracy protest in three southeast Asian countries / VincentBoudreau -- Mobilization on the South African gold mines / T. Dunbar Moodie -- Multiple meditations: the state and the women's movements in India / Manisha Desai -- The contradictions of gay ethnicity: forging identity in Vermont / Mary Bernstein -- Creating social change: lessons from the civil rights movement / Kenneth t. Andrews -- Pt. III. Organization and strategies. The "meso" in social movement research / Suzanne Staggenborg -- Strategizing and the sense of context: reflections on the first two weeks of the Liverpool docks lockout, September-October 1995 / Colin Barker and Michael Lavalette -- Factions and the continuity of political challengers / Mildred A. Schwartz -- More than one feminism: organizational structure and the construction of collective identity / Jo Reger -