"Over the past two decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other non-routine politics has flourished. And yet research on the top

"Forms of Contention: Influence and the African American Sonnet Tradition tells the story of African American sonnet influence: who wrote sonnets and when, who

A historical study, taking as its narrative focus the life, death and posthumous fate of Vasil Levski (1837-1873), arguably the major and only uncontested hero

"An analysis of the major contentious events over the course of the past ten years"--Provided by publisher.

Despite extensive theoretical debates over the utility of "political opportunities" as an explanation for the rise and success of social movements, there have b