Popular Dissent, Human Agency and Global Politics (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521778299
Subjects: International relations; Political activism; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Government, Resistance to; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; Dissenters; Civil disobedience; Demonstrations
First sentence: The first part of this book examines the historically constituted dimensions of transversal dissent.
Description: This book demonstrates how popular dissent is becoming an increasingly important aspect of global politics. The author draws upon several case studies, including the collapse of the Berlin Wall, to show how people influence the course of politics at a time when boundaries between domestic and international spheres are blurring.