{"product_id":"protest-politics-today-9780745671147","title":"Protest Politics Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial movements play a vital and increasingly visible role in modern politics. Headline-grabbing demonstrations against authoritarian governments, police brutality, economic inequality, and other grievances suggest that, around the world, social movements are seen as powerful catalysts of change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From its opening discussion of protests in North Charleston, Sana'a (Yemen), Cape Town, and Madrid on April 10, 2015 to its analysis of the Women's March on January 22, 2017, \u003ci\u003eProtest Politics Today\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling synthesis of theory and practice that will be taught in a wide range of social science courses. I look forward to using it in my own course, Contesting Injustice.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eElisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"How do deeply invested participants come together in public displays of commitment and passion - in social movements? This is the subject of Devashree Gupta's riveting new book. The book ranges from how modern movements developed to the approaches scholars have used to study them, to how movements organize and strive to influence social and political change. Immensely readable and deeply informative, \u003ci\u003eProtest Politics Today\u003c\/i\u003e provides a succinct yet rich introduction to the field of social movements and contentious politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSidney Tarrow, Cornell University and author of \u003ci\u003ePower in Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Politics of Protest\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Activist\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Organization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Target\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Message\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Tactic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Response\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Aftermath\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404418425175,"sku":"9780745671147","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745671147.jpg?v=1730486408","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/protest-politics-today-9780745671147","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}