Political Protest in Contemporary Africa

ISBN-13: 9781108438254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 274 str.

Lisa Mueller

Opis

Looking at protests from Senegal to Kenya, Lisa Mueller shows how cross-class coalitions fuel contemporary African protests across the continent.

Recenzje

'Lisa Mueller's excellent study of protest politics in Africa will no doubt prove to be the standard text on the topic. Based on fascinating primary source materials in several countries, and framed in a careful sociological understanding of the different motivations for protest across social classes, her book forces us to rethink our understanding of contentious politics in Africa.' Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University, New York

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the puzzle of Africa's third wave of protests; 2. Defining Africa's protest waves; 3. Paradoxes of prosperity; 4. Comparative protest leadership: theories, trends, and strategies; 5. Comparative individual participation in the third wave; 6. Not-so-great expectations: pessimism and protest in Niger; 7. Conclusion.