Introduction
Playing the Game
James M. Jasper
Part 1 - Insiders and supporters
Movement Factions
Players and Processes
Francesca Polletta and Kelsy Kretschmer
Fractal Arenas
Dilemmas of Style and Strategy in a Brazilian Student Congress
Ann Mische
Beyond Channeling and Professionalization
Foundations as Strategic Players in Social Movements
Edward T. Walker
Mind the Gap!
Strategic Interaction during Summit Protests
Christian Scholl
Part 2 - Market players
Corporations as Players and Arenas
Philip Balsiger
Professions, Social Movements, and the Sovereign Corporation
Frank Dobbin and Jiwook Jung
The Double Game of Unions and the Labor Movement
Ruth Milkman
Part 3 - Experts, intellectuals, and media
Giving Voice
The Ambivalent Roles of Specif ic Intellectuals in Immigrant and
LGBT Movements
Walter Nicholls and Justus Uitermark
Playing with Fire
Flame-Retardant Activists and Policy Arenas
Alissa Cordner, Phil Brown, and Margaret Mulcahy
Put Me in, Coach? Referee? Owner? Security?
Why the News Media Rarely Cover Movements as Political Players
Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, and Amber Celina Tierney
When and Why Religious Groups Become Political Players
The Pro-Life Movement in Nicaragua
Silke Heumann and Jan Willem Duyvendak
What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Illuminate about
Bystander Publics as Proto-Players
Hahrie Han and Dara Z. Strolovitch
Conclusion
Patterned Fluidity: An Interactionist Perspective as a Tool for
Exploring Contentious Politics
Jan Willem Duyvendak and Olivier Fillieule
Contributors