Analyzes the reciprocal impact of cultural beliefs, sociopolitical structures, and individual behaviors on protests throughout the world, examining such questio

Although grass-roots social movements are an important force of social and political change, they quite often fail to achieve their lofty goals. Similarly, the

This book probes three issues about the linkage between political protests and social change. First, why do individuals participate in protest activities, inclu

The Politics of Protest offers both a historical overview and an analytical framework for understanding social movements and political protest in American polit

Explains the character of contemporary protest politics through a micro-mobilization analysis of participation in street demonstrations.