Introduction
Part I. Theory of Collective Action: 1. The construction of collective action
2. Conflict and change
3. Action and meaning
4. The process of collective identity
Part II. Contemporary Collective Action: 5. conflicts of culture
6. Invention of the present
7. The time of difference
8. Roots for today and for tomorrow
9. A search for ethics
10. Information, power, domination
Part III. The Field of Collective Action: 11. A society without a centre
12. The political system
13. The state and the distribution of social resources
14. Modernization, crisis, and conflict: the case of Italy
Part IV. Acting Collectively: 15. Mobilization and political participation
16. The organization of movements
17. Leadership in social movements
18. Collective action and discourse
19. Forms of action
20. Research on collective action.
