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Political Protest in Western Europe: Exploring the Role of Context in Political Action

By Mario Quaranta (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-319-22161-8, 978-3-319-22162-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22162-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3012264 bytes)
Series
Contributions to Political Science
Edition
1
Pages
XIV, 149\160
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Comparative Politics; Social StructureEconomic Sociology; Cultural StudiesSocial Inequality; Organizational Studies

Description

This book analyzes the individual and contextual determinants of protest politics in Western Europe. Building on different theoretical perspectives, from social movements theory to political behavior approaches, the author provides new empirical evidence on the patterns of protest politics. Readers will discover why some citizens are more likely to get involved in protests than others, and why levels of protest differ from country to country. The author illustrates that engagement in political protest is often rooted in the interplay of the protester’s individual characteristics and their home country’s contextual characteristics.

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