Power and Protest

Examining how marginalized groups use their identities, resources, cultural traditions, violence and non-violence to assert power and exert pressure, this volume shines a light on the interaction of these groups with governments, international organizations, businesses and universities.

About the author

Lisa Leitz is Delp-Wilkinson Professor and Department Chair of Peace Studies at Chapman University, USA. Her book, Fighting for Peace: Veterans and Military Families in the Anti-Iraq War Movement, won the 2015 American Sociological Association's Peace, War and Social Conflict Outstanding Book Award. She serves as the Series Editor of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change.

Summary

Examining how marginalized groups use their identities, resources, cultural traditions, violence and non-violence to assert power and exert pressure, this volume shines a light on the interaction of these groups with governments, international organizations, businesses and universities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lisa Leitz (Editor), Lisa (Chapman University Leitz (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2021
• EAN: 9781839098352
• ISBN: 978-1-83909-835-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change; Research in Social Movements,
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education