Political protest in contemporary Africa
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Political protest in contemporary Africa
Cambridge University Press, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-260) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
- 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.
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