Previously overlooked dimensions of movements and countermovements in conflict (a “conflux”) are suggested. Propositions concerning the forms and outcomes of countermovements are delineated. Civil rights and anti-busing protest in Boston serves as a case study to illustrate the schema with examples from other “anti” movements. This analysis is based on the view that the study of movements and countermovements may usefully be conceptualized as a continuous dialectic of social change.

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