Verfasst von:	Mueller, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Political protest in contemporary Africa
Verf.angabe:	Lisa Mueller, Macalester College
Verlagsort:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2018
Umfang:	xi, 264 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Diagramme
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-108-42367-0
	978-1-108-43825-4
	1-108-42367-1
	1-108-43825-3
Abstract:	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
DOI:	doi:10.1017/9781108529143
URL:	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108529143
Schlagwörter:	(g)Subsaharisches Afrika    / (s)Politischer Protest    / (s)Politische Beteiligung    / (s)Politische Mobilisierung    / (s)Mittelstand
	(g)Afrika    / (s)Demonstration    / (z)Geschichte 1940-2017
	(s)Politischer Protest    / (s)Protestbewegung    / (s)Politische Mobilisierung    / (s)Politisches Verhalten    / (s)Sozialverhalten    / (s)Staat    / (s)Bürger    / (g)Subsaharisches Afrika
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Mueller, Lisa, 1985 - : Political protest in contemporary Africa. - Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018. - 1 Online-Ressource
K10plus-PPN:	1015469205