Protest in Late Modern Societies: Dynamics, Forms, Futures

This book explores the phenomenon of protest from various perspectives, considering the impact of globalization processes on the forms of contestation in the 21st century. It offers a multidimensional approach, analyzing examples from Europe, America, and the Far East, and will be valuable to researchers, experts, and civil activists interested in studying contestation, social resistance, and cultural/social dynamics of protests.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 16 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the multifaceted phenomenon of protest, exploring it from various perspectives such as historical, cultural, social, political, environmental, and semiotic. Through their insightful analyses, the authors aim to envision the potential evolution of contestation forms in the upcoming decades of the 21st century, considering the unique dynamics of globalization processes.

A multidimensional approach is adopted in this volume, enabling the identification of both new and enduring characteristics of contemporary contestation. By examining examples from Europe, America, and the Far East, including France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland, Malta, Bulgaria, Poland, Belarus, Russia, the United States, Mexico, Chile, and Hong Kong, the book showcases the diverse faces of protest while highlighting the adoption of new or modified rhetoric, symbolism, communication channels, and the strategies employed by protest initiators, active participants, passive observers, and short- and long-distant observers.

This book holds immense value for a broad audience, particularly those engaged in research on contestation, social resistance, individual and collective disobedience, crisis management, and the cultural and social dynamics of protests. It is also of interest to experts and individuals from outside academia, such as civil activists, practitioners, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), who are compelled by the contemporary tensions and processes occurring between the state, power, society, and individuals.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032217987