Why movements succeed or fail: opportunity, culture, and the struggle for woman suffrage

Though there are large numbers of books on the woman suffrage movements in the U.S. and Britain, and a smattering of books on the suffrage movements of other nations, this is one of the very few books to look at what comparing these movements can tell us about the ingredients for success of these movements (and the ingredients for failure). An important and lucid step in the scholarship on woman suffrage movements and social movements more generally.