Violent protest, contentious politics, and the neoliberal state /

Violent protest, contentious politics, and the neoliberal state / edited by Seraphim Seferiades [and] Hank Johnston. - Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012. - xviii, 230 p. ; 25 cm. - Mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The dynamics of violent protest : emotions, repression and disruptive deficit / Seraphim Seferiades and Hank Johnston -- Protest movements and violence / Frances Fox Piven -- The outcomes of political violence : ethical, theoretical and methodological challenges / Lorenzo Bosi and Marco Guigni -- Age cohorts, cognition and collective violence / Hank Johnston -- Political violence in Germany : trends and exploration of causes / Dieter Rucht -- The 'unusual suspects' : radical repertoires in consensual settings / Mario Diani -- The riots : a dynamic view / Donatella della Porta and Bernard Gbikpi -- Protest and repression in democracies and autocracies : Europe, Iran, Thailand and the Middle East 2010-2011 / Jack A. Goldstone -- Contemporary French and British urban riots : an exploration of the underlying political dimensions / David Waddington and Mike King -- The volatility of urban riots / Marilena Simiti -- The Greek December, 2008 / Hank Johnston and Seraphim Seferiades -- Along the pathways of rage : the space-time of an uprising / Loukia Kotronaki and Seraphim Seferiades -- The accidental eruption of an anarchist protest / Kostas Kanellopoulos -- Radical minorities, a decade of contention and the Greek December 2008 / Nikos Lountos.

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Violence.
Political violence.
Social movements--Political aspects.
Collective behavior.
Social change.
Neoliberalism.
Violencia.
Poder (Ciencias sociales)
Movimientos sociales--Aspectos políticos.
Movimientos sociales.

HM 886 / V795 2012

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