Popular Dissent, Human Agency and Global Politics

by Roland Bleiker

Book Overview

Popular dissent, such as street demonstrations and civil disobedience, has become increasingly transnational in nature and scope. As a result, a local act of resistance can acquire almost immediately a much larger, cross-territorial dimension. This book draws upon a broad and innovative range of sources to scrutinise this central but often neglected aspect of global politics. Through case studies that span from Renaissance perceptions of human agency...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521778298
• ISBN13: 9780521778299
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"