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Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent
Stuart Price
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Contemporary protest, often presented in media forms as a dramatic ritual played out in an iconic public space has provided a potent symbol of the widespread economic and social discontent that is a feature of European life under the rule of austerity. Yet, beneath this surface activity, which provides the headlines and images familiar from mainstream news coverage, lies a whole array of deeper structures, modes of behavior, and forms of human affiliation. Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent offers a vibrant and insightful overview of modern protest movements, ideologies, and events. Written by ... Read more
Contemporary protest, often presented in media forms as a dramatic ritual played out in an iconic public space has provided a potent symbol of the widespread economic and social discontent that is a feature of European life under the rule of austerity. Yet, beneath this surface activity, which provides the headlines and images familiar from mainstream news coverage, lies a whole array of deeper structures, modes of behavior, and forms of human affiliation. Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent offers a vibrant and insightful overview of modern protest movements, ideologies, and events. Written by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783481750
SKU
V9781783481750
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99-1
About Stuart Price
Stuart Price is professor of media and political discourse, and chair of the Media Discourse Group, at De Montfort University, Leicester. He is the author of a number of monographs, including Worst-Case Scenario? Governance, mediation and the security regime (2011), and Brute Reality: power, discourse and the mediation of war (2010). Ruth Sanz Sabido is ... Read more
Reviews for Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent
The recent explosion of pro-democracy and anti-austerity protests from the bottom-up have revitalized `the political' around the globe and have done so in a period when many occupying top-down perspectives had thought that hopes for a better future had historically run into the sands of neo-liberalism, repressive states and consumerism. This latest collection by Stuart Price and Ruth Sanz ... Read more