This innovative and important book provides the first ever comparative analysis of social movements with case studies of three very different movements: Solidarity in Poland; the Greens in Germany; and the Maoist Shining Path movement in Peru.

Preface. Acronyms. Part 1: How we think about Social Movements: 1. Recent Traditions in Social-Movement Theorising. Part 2: Germany's Green and the Politics of Party Movements: 2. A World to be Remade: Socio-political Circumstances of Green Politics. 3. Political Antecedents. 4. Clashing Shades of Green. Part 3: : Polands Solidarity and movements against Dictatorial Regimes: 5. A World to be Remade: Socio-political Circumstances of Solidarity. 6. Political Antecedents. 7. Discord within Solidarity. Part 4: Peru's Shining Path and Agarian-based Movements: 8. A World to be Remade: Socio-political Circumstances of the Shining Path. 9. Political Antecedents. 10.Diverse Directions along the Shining Path. Part 5: Conclusions: 11. From History to Theory. References. Index.