Politics Of Social Protest

Examines why citizens resort to risky and demanding disruptive protest when other channels of political intervention appear to be available. The book analyzes the relationship between protest movements and the formal political system. This book examines why citizens resort to the often risky and demanding strategy of using disruptive protest when other channels of political intervention appear to be available. It analyzes the relationship between protest movements and the formal political system.; This book is intended for postgraduate and undergraduate sociology and politics students on courses in political sociology, comparative politics and social movements. Also of strong interest within social psychology, social anthropology, contemporary history and social geography.