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Title Breaking down the state : protestors engaged / edited by Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (246 pages)
Series Protest and social movements
Protest and social movements.
Contents Introduction : players and arenas formerly known as the state / James M. Jasper -- The courts : criminal trials as strategic arenas / Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes -- Political parties and legislators : a Latin American perspective / Hélène Combes -- Political parties and legislators : an American perspective / Katherine Krimmel -- Contentious governance : local governmental players as social movement actors / Imrat Verhoeven and Christian Bröer -- The police / Donatella della Porta and Kıvanç Atak -- The military : the mutual determination of strategy in Ireland, 1912-1921 / Ian Roxborough -- Infiltrators / David Cunningham and Roberto Soto-Carrión -- Liberal violence : strategies of repression in transitional regimes / Vince Boudreau -- The United Nations : gay versus anti-gay players in transnational contention / Clifford Bob -- Conclusion : simplicity vs. complexity in the analysis of social movements / Jack A. Goldstone
Summary "In this important book, Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper bring together an internationally acclaimed group of contributors to demonstrate the complexities of the social and political spheres in various areas of public policy. By breaking down the state into the players who really make decisions and pursue coherent strategies, these essays provide new perspectives on the interactions between political protestors and the many parts of the state--from courts, political parties, and legislators to police, armies, and intelligence services. By analyzing politics as the interplay of various players within structured arenas, Breaking Down the State provides an innovative look at law and order versus opposing movements in countries across the globe"--Provided by publisher
Analysis Arenas
Players
Protest
Social movements
Strategy
The state
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Protest movements.
Social movements.
State, The.
Political participation.
Order.
Political sociology
Political science.
Orderliness.
social movements.
Demonstrations and protest movements.
Political activism.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Orderliness
Order
Political participation
Political science
Political sociology
Protest movements
Social movements
State, The
Form Electronic book
Author Duyvendak, Jan Willem, editor
Jasper, James M., editor
ISBN 9789048525386
9048525381