ISBN:
9780511527555
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Politik
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Political violence / Italy
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Political violence / Germany
;
Social movements / Italy
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Social movements / Germany
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Politik
;
Soziale Bewegung
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Gewalt
;
Deutschland
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Italien
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Italy / Politics and government / 1945-1976
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Italy / Politics and government / 1976-1994
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Germany / Politics and government / 1945-1990
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Deutschland
;
Italien
;
Italien
;
Gewalt
;
Politik
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
Deutschland
Abstract:
This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single - nations, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyse movements in two countries - Italy and Germany - from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive usage of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality. The empirical data are used to build a middle-range theory of political violence that incorporates an analysis of the interactions between social movements and the state at the macro-level, an analysis of the development of radical organizations as entrepreneurs for political violence at the meso-level, and an analysis of the construction of 'militant' identities and countercultures at the micro-level
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword / Sidney Tarrow -- 1. Comparative research on political violence -- 2. Political violence in Italy and Germany: a periodization -- 3. Violence and the political system: the policing of protest -- 4. Organizational processes and violence in social movements -- 5. The logic of underground organizations -- 6. Patterns of radicalization in political activism -- 7. Individual commitment in the underground -- 8. Social movements, political violence, and the state: a conclusion
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511527555
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