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Cambridge Studies in Contentious PoliticsReihe

Diese Reihe befasst sich mit den Komplexitäten nichtinstitutionalisierter politischer Aktionen, von Revolutionen und Demokratisierung bis hin zu Protestzyklen. Sie untersucht sorgfältig, wie sich diese Phänomene über nationale, vergleichende und globale Perspektiven hinweg verbinden. Die Arbeit zielt darauf ab, fragmentierte disziplinäre Grenzen in der Erforschung von sozialen Bewegungen und nicht-routinemäßiger Politik zu überbrücken. Sie bietet ein umfassendes Verständnis politischer Auseinandersetzungen und gesellschaftlichen Wandels.

Contentious Performances
Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada
When States Come Out: Europe's Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility
The Marketing of Rebellion
Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India
Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

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  • Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

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    How do a few Third World political movements become global causes célèbres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a Darwinian struggle for scarce resources where support goes to the savviest, not the neediest. Examining Mexico's Zapatista rebels and Nigeria's Ogoni ethnic group, the book draws critical conclusions about social movements, NGOs, and "global civil society."

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  • When States Come Out: Europe's Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility

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