Regimes and Repertoires

Name: Regimes and Repertoires
Price: 57.16 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780226803500

ISBN-10: 0226803503

ISBN-13: 9780226803500

Edition: 2006

Authors: Charles Tilly

List price: $43.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $57.16

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The means by which people protest—that is, their repertoires of contention—vary radically from one political regime to the next. Highly capable undemocratic regimes such as China's show no visible signs of popular social movements, yet produce many citizen protests against arbitrary, predatory government. Less effective and undemocratic governments like the Sudan’s, meanwhile, often experience regional insurgencies and even civil wars. In Regimes and Repertoires, Charles Tilly offers a fascinating and wide-ranging case-by-case study of various types of government and the equally various styles of protests they foster. Using examples drawn from many areas—G8 summit and anti-globalization…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Charles Tilly (1929-2008) was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. His books include "Why?" (Princeton) and "Democracy".



Preface



What Are Regimes?



How Regimes Work



Repertoires of Contention



Repertoires, Meet Regimes



Trajectories of Change



Collective Violence



Revolutions



Social Movements



Conclusions


References


Index