This volume of cutting-edge research brings together internationally recognized experts in the field of protest studies and contentious politics to analyse the

The Handbook presents a most updated and comprehensive exploration of social movement research. It not only maps, but also expands the field of social movement

Explains the character of contemporary protest politics through a micro-mobilization analysis of participation in street demonstrations.

Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a wide range of empirical cases,

The complex relationship between violence and nonviolence in social movements. We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontatio