With case studies that range from Germany to the Philippines, the United States to Japan, Guatemala to China, these essays synthesize what we know about repression and mobilization and provide thoughtful insight for the future.

Contributors: Patrick Ball, Vince Boudreau, Myra Marx Ferree, Ronald A. Francisco, Ruud Koopmans, Mark Lichbach, John D. McCarthy, Clark McPhail, Patricia Steinhoff, Charles Tilly, Gilda Zwerman.