Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and the ways in which it continues to change the societies in which it is prevalent.

Contributions by: Matthew Crozat, Patricia L. Hipsher, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Margaret E. Keck, Bert Klandermans, Jan Kubik, John D. McCarthy, Clark McPhail, David S. Meyer, Johan Olivier, Donatella Della Porta, Herbert Reiter, Marlene Roefs, Dieter Rucht, Kathryn Sikkink