Street Citizens - Protest Politics Social Movement Activism in Age of Globalization

Explains the character of contemporary protest politics through a micro-mobilization analysis of participation in street demonstrations.

List of contents

1. Protest politics and social movement activism in the age of globalization; 2. Contentious Europeans?; 3. Bringing capitalism back in?; 4. Protest and institutional politics; 5. Were they pushed or did they jump?; 6. Cognition and affect among demonstrators; 7. Why do people want to demonstrate?; 8. Protest politics and social movement activism in perspective.

About the author

Marco Giugni is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) at the University of Geneva. His research focuses on social movements and political participation. He is European Editor of Mobilization: An International Quarterly.Maria T. Grasso is Professor at the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (2016) and co-editor of Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis (with M. Giugni, 2015). Her research focuses on political sociology and political engagement.

Summary

The first book-length analysis to explain the character of contemporary protest politics. Street Citizens analyzes original survey data on activists to explain the diverse motivations, social characteristics values and networks that draw them to engage politically to tackle the pressing social problems of our times.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Giugni, Marco Grasso Giugni, Maria Grasso, Maria (University of Sheffield) Grasso, Maria T. Grasso, Grasso Maria T.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781108475907
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47590-7
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 237 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Comparative Politics, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Demonstrations & protest movements