States and Social Movements

by Hank Johnston

Book Overview

Since the late eighteenth century, politics, protest, and the statehave evolved together, each shaping the other in significant ways.This engaging and succinct treatment of protest stateinteraction shows how the modern national state developed in tandemwith social movement mobilization, arguing that to understand thestate fully, you cannot ignore the role of political protest.

Today, social movements are an integral part of politics: moderndemocratic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745646271
• ISBN13: 9780745646275
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.1"