Carlos H. Waisman is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

• Preface Introduction 1. The Problem Part I. Outcomes, Collective Action, and Structural Correlates 2. Outcomes of the Process of Incorporation 3. A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Collective Political Action 4. Three Cases: Disraelian Britain, Bismarckian Germany, and Peronist Argentina 5. Structural Correlates of Outcomes Part II. Structural Properties and Forms of Political Action 6. Structural Properties 7. Structural Properties in Classical Revolutionary Theories 8. Two Studies of the Argentine Working Class 9. Structural Modernization and Forms of Political Action: A Diachronic View 10. The Effects of Integration and Centrality 11. The Effects of Deprivation and Marginalization Conclusion 12. The Working Class and the Legitimacy of Capitalism Appendix Notes Index

An important and rigorously executed theoretical and historical study that merits careful reading. (American Journal of Sociology)

Carlos H. Waisman is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

• Preface Introduction 1. The Problem Part I. Outcomes, Collective Action, and Structural Correlates 2. Outcomes of the Process of Incorporation 3. A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Collective Political Action 4. Three Cases: Disraelian Britain, Bismarckian Germany, and Peronist Argentina 5. Structural Correlates of Outcomes Part II. Structural Properties and Forms of Political Action 6. Structural Properties 7. Structural Properties in Classical Revolutionary Theories 8. Two Studies of the Argentine Working Class 9. Structural Modernization and Forms of Political Action: A Diachronic View 10. The Effects of Integration and Centrality 11. The Effects of Deprivation and Marginalization Conclusion 12. The Working Class and the Legitimacy of Capitalism Appendix Notes Index

An important and rigorously executed theoretical and historical study that merits careful reading. (American Journal of Sociology)

Carlos H. Waisman is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

• Preface Introduction 1. The Problem Part I. Outcomes, Collective Action, and Structural Correlates 2. Outcomes of the Process of Incorporation 3. A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Collective Political Action 4. Three Cases: Disraelian Britain, Bismarckian Germany, and Peronist Argentina 5. Structural Correlates of Outcomes Part II. Structural Properties and Forms of Political Action 6. Structural Properties 7. Structural Properties in Classical Revolutionary Theories 8. Two Studies of the Argentine Working Class 9. Structural Modernization and Forms of Political Action: A Diachronic View 10. The Effects of Integration and Centrality 11. The Effects of Deprivation and Marginalization Conclusion 12. The Working Class and the Legitimacy of Capitalism Appendix Notes Index

An important and rigorously executed theoretical and historical study that merits careful reading. (American Journal of Sociology)