Political Protest in Contemporary Africa

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Mueller is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Macalester College, Minnesota. She has published her research in several journals, including Electoral Studies, African Affairs, and the African Studies Review, as well as in the Washington Post. She is also a regular consultant and principal investigator for USAID and other American Government agencies, having recently been selected as the US-based country expert on an extensive USAID assessment of Niger. Klappentext Looking at protests from Senegal to Kenya, Lisa Mueller shows how cross-class coalitions fuel contemporary African protests across the continent. Zusammenfassung In the twenty-first century! Africa has seen an explosion of protests! but why? Drawing on extensive field research! Lisa Mueller is able to show how cross-class coalitions fuel contemporary African protests. Through this! she helps to explain why protests and unrest occur! even at times of apparent economic prosperity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the puzzle of Africa's third wave of protests; 2. Defining Africa's protest waves; 3. Paradoxes of prosperity; 4. Comparative protest leadership: theories, trends, and strategies; 5. Comparative individual participation in the third wave; 6. Not-so-great expectations: pessimism and protest in Niger; 7. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Mueller, Lisa (Macalester College Mueller
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781108423670
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42367-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political activism, Revolutionary groups & movements, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Political campaigning & advertising, African History, Political campaigning and advertising, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Pressure groups & lobbying, Revolutionary groups and movements, Political activism / Political engagement, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions