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Waves of Protest

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Description for Waves of Protest paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.

One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the country’s history.

 

Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regime liberalization organizes civil society and, conversely, acts of state-sponsored repression radicalize ... Read more

 

Almeida shows how institutional access and competitive elections create opportunity for civic organizations that become radicalized when authoritarianism increases, resulting at times in violent protest campaigns that escalate to revolutionary levels. In doing so, he brings negative political conditions and threats to the forefront as central forces driving social movement activity and popular contention in the developing world.

 

Paul D. Almeida is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. He is coeditor with Hank Johnston of Latin American Social Movements: Globalization, Democratization, and Transnational Networks.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Social Movements, Protest and Contention
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816649327
SKU
V9780816649327
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