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Lisa Mueller - Political Protest in Contemporary Africa, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Political Protest in Contemporary Africa

Av Lisa Mueller

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Beskrivning
From spray-painted slogans in Senegal to student uprisings in South Africa, twenty-first century Africa has seen an explosion of protests and social movements. But why? Protests flourish amidst an emerging middle class whose members desire political influence and possess the money, education, and political autonomy to effectively launch movements for democratic renewal. In contrast with pro-democracy protest leaders, rank-and-file protesters live at a subsistence level and are motivated by material concerns over any grievance against a ruling regime. Through extensive field research, Lisa Mueller shows that middle-class political grievances help explain the timing of protests, while lower-class material grievances explain the participation. By adapting a class-based analysis to African cases where class is often assumed to be irrelevant, Lisa Mueller provides a rigorous yet accessible explanation for why sub-Saharan Africa erupted in unrest at a time of apparent economic prosperity.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-06-28
  • Mått: 151 x 227 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 460 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 274
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781108438254
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Lisa Mueller is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Macalester College, Minnesota. She has published her research in several journals, including Electoral Studies, African Affairs, and the African Studies Review, as well as in the Washington Post. She is also a regular consultant and principal investigator for USAID and other American Government agencies, having recently been selected as the US-based country expert on an extensive USAID assessment of Niger.

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'In this innovative and elegantly written book, Lisa Mueller brings class analysis back to the study of African politics. Based on sophisticated quantitative methods and extensive fieldwork, often in under-studied countries, she weaves together a new model of protest that distinguishes the motivations and actions of protest organizers and participants. Enlightening!' Pierre Englebert, Pomona College, California

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