Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIkki is ambitious, comprehensive, rigorous, and sophisticated in its conclusions. It is an accessible and wide-ranging book that should be of broad interest to political scientists and other social scientists interested in the comparative study of popular contention.
* Review of Politics *
White's book shows how quantitative social science methods can be creatively married to in-depth historical knowledge of a particular country.
* American Political Science Review *
Table of ContentsPart I The Context of Contention1. The Political Context2. The Economic Context3. The Social and Demographic Context4. The Ideological and Philosophical ContextPart II The Texture and Content of Contention5. Frequency and Magnitude6. Repertoires7. Process and Cycle8. Protagonists and Antagonists9. Twilight of the IkkiPart III The Correlates and Causes of Contention10. Correlation and Causation11. A Multivariate Analysis12. The Inception of ConflictPart IV Consequences and Conclusions13. Implications and Interpretations14. Conclusion
