ISBN:
9780745675466
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Political sociology series
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Johnston, Hank, 1947 - States and social movements
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Globalization
;
Social change
;
Social conflict
;
Social control
;
Geschichte
;
Politische Reform
;
Protestbewegung
;
Staat
;
Globalisierung
;
Soziale Kontrolle
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
Electronic books
;
Staat
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
Politischer Protest
Abstract:
Cover; States and Social Movements; Contents; List of Illustrations; The State, Protest, and Social Movements; Protest in Contemporary Democracies; The Social Movement Society; Repressive States and Protest; Revolutions and States; Globalization, Protest, and the State; References; Index
Abstract:
Since the late eighteenth century, politics, protest, and the state have evolved together, each shaping the other in significant ways. This engaging and succinct treatment of protestÐstate interaction shows how the modern national state developed in tandem with social movement mobilization, arguing that to understand the state fully, you cannot ignore the role of political protest.Today, social movements are an integral part of politics: modern democratic states are, in reality, social movement societies, and protest mobilization permeates how politics is regularly accomplished. States and Soc
Note:
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