{"product_id":"social-movements-political-violence-and-the-state-a-comparative-analysis-of-italy-and-germany-paperback-9780521029797","title":"Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State; A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521029797","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Movements, Political Violence, and the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonatella  della Porta (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521029797, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 8 b\/w illus.  7 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.462 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this is a very important book.  Anyone interested in small-group political violence and\/or social movements in general will find it worthwhile.  Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State, offers a powerful model for research that will, I hope, be imitated.\"    Robert W. White, Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Sidney Tarrow\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Comparative research on political violence\u003cbr\u003e 2. Political violence in Italy and Germany: a periodization\u003cbr\u003e 3. Violence and the political system: the policing of protest\u003cbr\u003e 4. Organizational processes and violence in social movements\u003cbr\u003e 5. The logic of underground organizations\u003cbr\u003e 6. Patterns of radicalization in political activism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Individual commitment in the underground\u003cbr\u003e 8. Social movements, political violence and the state\u003cbr\u003e a conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political activism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political activism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20activism%20%5BJPW%5D%22\"\u003eJPW\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005353283864,"sku":"9780521029797","price":22.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521029797i_db5b84ee-2b61-4a37-8970-f8cc2bd83c9e.jpg?v=1694964887","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-movements-political-violence-and-the-state-a-comparative-analysis-of-italy-and-germany-paperback-9780521029797","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}