| Repression and Mobilization Contributor(s): Davenport, Christian (Author), Mueller, Carol (Contribution by), Johnston, Hank (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0816644268 ISBN-13: 9780816644261 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: Recent events have profoundly changed our ways of understanding and studying contentious politics. With case studies that range from Germany to Guatemala, the authors take up topics as varied as the dynamic interactions between protesters and policing agents, distinctions between "hard" and "soft" repression, the impact of media on our understanding of political contention, the timing and shape of protest and resistance cycles, and how measurements of social and geographic control influence states' responses to insurgencies. Together these essays synthesize what we know about repression and mobilization and provide thoughtful insight for the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2004017280 |
| Series: Social Movements, Protest, and Contention |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.54" W x 8.94" (0.90 lbs) 258 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In was the summer of 2001 when political scientists and sociologists gathered at the University of Virginia to present new information and assess the status of study about political mobilization and political repression. The 10 papers presented and printed here focus on interactions between protesters and police; case studies come from Germany, the |
