Political Protest in Western Europe: Exploring the Role of Context in Political Action

ISBN-13: 9783319221618 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 149 str.

Mario Quaranta

Opis

This bookanalyzes the individual and contextual determinants of protest politics in Western Europe.Building ondifferenttheoretical perspectives, from social movements theory to political behavior approaches, the authorprovides new empirical evidence on the patterns of protest politics. Readerswilldiscoverwhysome citizens are more likely to get involvedin protests than others, and whylevels ofprotest differfrom country to country.Theauthor illustratesthat engagement in political protest is often rooted in the interplay of the protester s individual characteristics and their home country s contextual characteristics."

Spis treści

Introduction. A Micro-Macro Approach to Political Protest.- What Is Protest? Concept and Measurement.- Who Protests? Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence.- Individual Resources and Political Protest. The Role of Welfare States.- Organizations and Political  Protest. The Role of Decentralization.- Dissatisfaction and Political Protest. The Role of Party Systems.

O autorze

Mario Quaranta holds a PhD in Political Science from the ‘Italian Institute of Human Science’, Florence, and is currently a post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at LUISS ‘Guido Carli’, Rome. His research focuses on political behavior, public opinion, democracy and methodology. His works have appeared, among others, in the European Political Science Review, the International Political Science Review, South European Society & Politics and West European Politics.