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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND THE STATE
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ITALY AND GERMANY |
| By: |
Donatella Della Porta |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£90.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521473969 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521473965 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 September, 1995 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
| Pages: |
292 |
| Description: |
This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. |
| Synopsis: |
This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single - nations, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyse movements in two countries - Italy and Germany - from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive usage of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality. The empirical data are used to build a middle-range theory of political violence that incorporates an analysis of the interactions between social movements and the state at the macro-level, an analysis of the development of radical organizations as entrepreneurs for political violence at the meso-level, and an analysis of the construction of 'militant' identities and countercultures at the micro-level. |
| Illustrations: |
8 b/w illus. 7 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |