Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-233) and index.
1. Analyzing the 2010 election -- 2. Summary history of the Wisconsin uprising -- 3. The source of collective effervescence: conceptual foundations -- 4. Totally alive: effervescence in the Wisconsin uprising -- 5. Internal order and youth authority in the Wisconsin uprising -- 6. The information station -- 7. Motivations in the Wisconsin uprising of 2011: conceptual foundations -- 8. We just had to do it: escalating obligation in the Wisconsin uprising -- 9. Self-interest and altruism: union concessions in the Wisconsin uprising -- Conclusion: the social order of collective action