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Political protest in contemporary Africa / Lisa Mueller, Macalester College

Englisch

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2018

xi, 264 Seiten : Diagramme

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe- Political protest in contemporary Africa. - Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018. - 1 Online-Ressource

978-1-108-42367-0 : hardback

978-1-108-43825-4 : paperback

1-108-42367-1

1-108-43825-3

10.1017/9781108529143

*Subsaharisches Afrika / Politischer Protest / Politische Beteiligung / Politische Mobilisierung / Mittelstand

*Afrika / Demonstration / Geschichte 1940-2017

*Political participation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Protest movements -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Middle class -- Political activity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Poor -- Political activity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 21st century ; Political participation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Protest movements -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Middle class -- Political activity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Poor -- Political activity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Middle class -- Political activity ; Political participation ; Politics and government ; Poor -- Political activity ; Protest movements ; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Africa, Sub-Saharan

*Afrika südlich der Sahara / Politischer Protest / Protestbewegung / Gesellschaftliche/Politische Bewegung / Gesellschaftliche/Politische Mobilisierung / Politisch-gesellschaftliches Verhalten / Soziale Schicht / Mittelschicht / Verhältnis Bürger - Staat ; Africa south of the Sahara / Political protest / Protest movements / Social/political movements / Social/political mobilization / Socio-political behaviour / Social strata / Middle class / Citizen - state relations ; Kenia / Niger / Senegal / Arabischer Frühling (2010- ) / Armut / Unterschicht / Soziale Ungleichheit ; Kenya / Niger / Senegal / Arab Spring (2010- ) / Poverty / Lower class / Social inequality

*Subsaharisches Afrika ; Politischer Protest ; Protestbewegung ; Politische Mobilisierung ; Politisches Verhalten ; Sozialverhalten ; Staat ; Bürger

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: JQ1879.A15

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 322.40967;

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Fachinformationsverbund Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde: RF

From spray-painted slogans in Senegal to student uprisings in South Africa, twenty-first century Africa has seen an explosion of protests and social movements. But why? Protests flourish amidst an emerging middle class whose members desire political influence and possess the money, education, and political autonomy to effectively launch movements for democratic renewal. In contrast with pro-democracy protest leaders, rank-and-file protesters live at a subsistence level and are motivated by material concerns over any grievance against a ruling regime. Through extensive field research, Lisa Mueller shows that middle-class political grievances help explain the timing of protests, while lower-class material grievances explain the participation. By adapting a class-based analysis to African cases where class is often assumed to be irrelevant, Lisa Mueller provides a rigorous yet accessible explanation for why sub-Saharan Africa erupted in unrest at a time of apparent economic prosperity.-- Back cover

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