A Citizen's Guide to Social Movements: Protest and the DNA of Democracy

by John Markoff

Book Overview

The role of social and political movements are crucial in shaping the way we understand democracy. This brief and accessible guide explains how the formal rules of democratic political systems encourage citizens to engage in the kinds of action we commonly associate with movements: picketing, petitioning, fundraising, occupying public spaces, chanting, displaying slogans, demonstrating, parading, blocking access to public spaces and (sometimes)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415661048
• ISBN13: 9780415661041
• Release Date: December 2035
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages