ABSTRACT
Triggering a series of tactical interactions between authorities and protesters, the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle unleashed a wave of summit protests. While the ideas and the organization of the counterglobalization movement 1 have received ample scholarly attention (Pleyers, 2010; Maeckelbergh, 2009; Juris, 2008; della Porta, 2007; Freyberg-Inan, 2006; Starr, 2005), the interactions of this movement with authorities and other players are surprisingly unexamined (Scholl, 2012). The analysis of interactions during summit protests may, first, help us to understand the development of the counterglobalization movement, and, second, enrich our scholarly understanding of tactical interaction, especially in transnational arenas.
