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Acts of Dissent
Rucht, Dieter; Koopmans, Ruud; Niedhardt, Friedhelm
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Description for Acts of Dissent
Hardcover. Although living conditions have improved throughout history, protest seems to have increased to the point of becoming a normal phenomenon in modern societies. This volume examines how and why this is the case. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSW2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 700.
Although living conditions have improved throughout history, protest, at least in the last few decades, seems to have increased to the point of becoming a normal phenomenon in modern societies. Contributors to this volume examine how and why this is the case and argue that although problems such as poverty, hunger, and violations of democratic rights may have been reduced in advanced Western societies, a variety of other problems and opportunities have emerged and multiplied the reasons and possibilities for protest. Acts of Dissent: New Developments in the Study of Protest examines some of those problems, progressing from methodological issues, ... Read more
Although living conditions have improved throughout history, protest, at least in the last few decades, seems to have increased to the point of becoming a normal phenomenon in modern societies. Contributors to this volume examine how and why this is the case and argue that although problems such as poverty, hunger, and violations of democratic rights may have been reduced in advanced Western societies, a variety of other problems and opportunities have emerged and multiplied the reasons and possibilities for protest. Acts of Dissent: New Developments in the Study of Protest examines some of those problems, progressing from methodological issues, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847698561
SKU
V9780847698561
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99-15
About Rucht, Dieter; Koopmans, Ruud; Niedhardt, Friedhelm
Dieter Rucht, Ruud Koopmans, and Friedholm Neidhardt are members of the Research Unit 'Social Movements and the Public Sphere' at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Berlin, Germany.
Reviews for Acts of Dissent
This edited volume makes a useful addition to the literature on protest.
Political Studies Review
A useful volume on methods for analyzing protest events, chiefly but not exclusively treating the question of data sources, especially commercial mass media.
Mobilization
Acts of Dissent is a timely review of methodological questions, with intriguing applications to protests in states ... Read more
Political Studies Review
A useful volume on methods for analyzing protest events, chiefly but not exclusively treating the question of data sources, especially commercial mass media.
Mobilization
Acts of Dissent is a timely review of methodological questions, with intriguing applications to protests in states ... Read more