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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457390303321

Titolo

Challenging authority [[electronic resource] ] : the historical study of contentious politics / / Michael P. Hanagan, Leslie Page Moch, and Wayne te Brake, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8166-8892-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Social movements, protest, and contention ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

HanaganMichael P. <1947->

MochLeslie Page

Te BrakeWayne Ph

Disciplina

322.4/4

Soggetti

Revolutions

Social movements

Political participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: Challenging Authority: The Historical Study of Contentious Politics; Part I. Networks, Identities, and Claim Making; Part II. Repertoires of Political Contention; Par Ill. Constellations of Political Opportunity; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As long as there have been formal governments, there has been political contention. Where political studies tend to focus on either those who rule or those who are ruled, the essays in this volume call our attention to the interaction between these forces at the very heart of contentious politics.