Scope and Contents These folders contain manuscripts of the following papers: "Collective action, social change, and democracy: Do social movements still matter?" by Alberto Melucci and Timo Lyyra; "Jamaican talk: Reclaiming public discourse" by Philip Kretsedemas; "Civil society and crisis: Culture, discourse, and the Rodney King beating" by Ronald N. Jacobs; "Romance, irony, and solidarity" by Ronald N. Jacobs and Philip Smith; "Producing the news, producing the crisis: Narrativity, television and news work"...