CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. TABLES ix
4. FIGURES xi
5. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. CHAPTER ONE. Comparing the U.S. and Swiss Woman Suffrage Movements 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. Information, Preferences, Beliefs, and Values in the Political Process 21
8. CHAPTER THREE. Building Suffrage Organizations 44
9. CHAPTER FOUR. The Impact of Movement Resources on Success 73
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Building Suffrage Coalitions 98
11. CHAPTER SIX. Lobbying the Government 132
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Raising Suffrage Demands: Confrontation versus Compromise 158
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Sources of the Movements’ Information, Beliefs, and Values 186
14. CHAPTER NINE. Why Movements Succeed or Fail 215
15. APPENDIX A. Interview Methods 227
16. APPENDIX B. Measuring Suffrage Organization Membership in the United States and Switzerland 231
17. APPENDIX C. Data Sources for Legislative Histories and Variable Coding in Pooled-Time Series Analysis 238
18. APPENDIX D. Coding Confrontational and Lobbying Tactics in the United States and Switzerland 242
19. Notes 247
20. REFERENCES 259
21. INDEX 273