Jan Willem Duyvendak is sociologist at the University of Amsterdam. He has written a number of books on recent social movements, and is the co-editor of AUP's new book series, Protest and Social Movements. James M. Jasper is a sociologist at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has each written a number of books on recent social movements, and is the co-editor of AUP's book series, Protest and Social Movements.

"Players and Arenas: The Interactive Dynamics of Protest is an important milestone for the ongoing interactionist insurgency in social movement studies."- Benjamin Lamb-Books, Contemporary Sociology

• Introduction: Playing the Game: By James M. Jasper Part One: Insiders and Supporters Chapter 1: Movement Factions: Players and Processes Francesca Polletta and Kelsy Kretschmer Chapter 2: Fractal Arenas: Dilemmas of Style and Strategy in a Brazilian Student Congress Ann Mische Chapter 3: Beyond Channeling and Professionalization: Foundations as Strategic Players in Social Movements Ed Walker Chapter 4: "Mind the Gap:" Strategic Interaction During Summit Protests Christian Scholl Part Two: Market Arenas Chapter 5: Corporations as Players and Arenas Philip Balsiger Chapter 6: Professions, Social Movements, and the Sovereign Corporations Frank Dobbin and Jiwook Jung Chapter 7: The Double Game of Unions and the Labor Movement Ruth Milkman Part Three: Experts, Intellectuals, and Media Chapter 8: Giving Voice: The Ambivalent Roles of Specific Intellectuals in Immigrant and LGBT Movements Walter Nicholls and Justus Uitermark Chapter 9: Playing with Fire: Flame Retardant Activists and Policy Arenas Alissa Cordner, Phil Brown, and Margaret Mulcahy Chapter 10: Put Me in, Coach? Referee? Team Owner? Stadium Security? How the News Media Cover Politics, Protest, Movements, and SMOs Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, Amber Celina Tierney Chapter 11: When and Why Religious Groups Become Political Players: The "Pro-Life" Movement in Nicaragua Silke Heumann and Jan Willem Duyvendak Chapter 12: What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Tell Us about Bystander Publics as Proto-Players Hahrie Han and Dara Strolovitch Conclusion: Jan Willem Duyvendak and Olivier Fillieule