Breaking Laws: Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest

Isabelle Sommier; Graeme Hayes; Ollitrault

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Breaking Laws

Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest

Isabelle Sommier , Graeme Hayes and Ollitrault
In collaboration with: Presses de la Fondation Nationale de Sci ences Politiques

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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About this book

This book questions the complex relationship between social movements and violence, and shows how and why violence occurs or does not, and what different meanings it can take.

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Sommier Isabelle :

Isabelle Sommier is Full Professor of Political Sociology at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, former director of the CRPS (Centre de recherches politiques de la Sorbonne) and currently Deputy Director of the CESSP (Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique, a fusion between CRPS and CSE Bourdieu institute). She has published on the theory of social movements, political violence, radicalization and terrorism.Hayes Graeme :

Graeme Hayes is Reader in Political Sociology at Aston University, UK. He is joint Editor of Environmental Politics and Consulting Editor of Social Movement Studies, and has published widely on non-violent action, environmental movements, and protest traditions.Ollitrault :

Sylvie Ollitrault is Senior researcher at CNRS-France, Rennes University. She has published on French environmental movements, NGO action and protest movement. She is involved in numerous academic networks (AFSPIPSA-ECPR) on Green movements.

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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations, Organizations, and Parties
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Introduction to Breaking Laws
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Part 1. Revolutionary Violence Experiences of Armed Struggle in France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States
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Isabelle Sommier

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Part 2. Civil Disobedience
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Graeme Hayes and Sylvie Ollitrault

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Biographical Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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April 30, 2019

eBook ISBN:

9789048528271

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274

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3

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048528271

eBook ISBN: 9789048528271

Keywords for this book

Contentious politics; violence; extreme left; 1968 years; non-violence; Direct action; Citizenship; Action Repertoires; Civil disobedience

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Professional and scholarly;

Breaking Laws

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations, Organizations, and Parties

Introduction to Breaking Laws

Part 1. Revolutionary Violence Experiences of Armed Struggle in France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States

Part 2. Civil Disobedience

Biographical Notes

Bibliography

Index

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