Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency
@article{Mcadam1983TacticalIA, title={Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency}, author={Doug Mcadam}, journal={American Sociological Review}, year={1983}, volume={48}, pages={735} }
The pace of black insurgency between 1955 and 1970 is analyzed as a function of an ongoing process of tactical interaction between movement forces and southern segregationists. Given a political system vulnerable to challenge and strong internal organization the main challenge confronting insurgents is a preeminently tactical one. Lacking institutionalized power, challengers must devise protest techniques that offset their powerlessness. This is referred to as a process of tactical innovation…
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