This book discusses a broadly understood phenomenon of protest from several perspectives, including historical, cultural, social, political, environmental and s

This book, first published in 1987, looks at the culture of the masses and at the political language and actions of the crowd. It examines the enduring traits o

Are the dynamics of contention changing? This is the question confronted by the contributors of this volume, among the most influential scholars in the field of

This is an open access book. The start of the 21st century has seen the world shaken by protests, from the Arab Spring to the Yellow Vests, from the Occupy move

Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic instit