Introduction Economic and Political Contention in Comparative Perspective, Maria Kousis, Charles Tilly; Part I Economic, Political, and Other Opportunity Structures; Chapter 1 Specifying the Concept of Political Opportunity Structures, Julie Berclaz, Marco Giugni; Chapter 2 Capitalist Law, Relations of Production and Exploitation, and Structured Possibilities for Contention, or Using Three Tillys to Make One Argument, Marc W. Steinberg; Chapter 3 Identity Dynamics: Motivations and Movement Mobilizations in the United States and Japan, Jeffrey Broadbent; Chapter 4 The Internet as a New Opportunity for Transnational Protest Groups, Dieter Rucht; Part II How Politics and Economics Change Opportunities; Chapter 5 Theory of Revolution from Thucydides to Tilly, Rod Aya; Chapter 6 From the Common Market to the Political Union: The Shifting Opportunity Structure of Contentious Politics in Europe, Klaus Eder; Chapter 7 The Economic Opportunities of European Union Enlargement, John K. Glenn; Chapter 8 Living Wage Laws in the United States: The Dynamics of a Growing Movement, Chris Tilly; Part III Threats, Opportunities, and Forms of Action in Changing Economies; Chapter 9 Political Opportunity and Capitalist Crisis, Richard Hogan; Chapter 10 Linking Economic and Political Opportunities in Nondemocracies, Maryjane Osa, Cristina Corduneanu-Huci; Chapter 11 State Responses as Economic and Political Threats and Opportunities in Southern European Environmental Contention, Maria Kousis; An Opportunity to Speak, Charles Tilly;