Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State
A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany
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- Author: Donatella della Porta, European University Institute, Florence
- Date Published: November 2006
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- isbn: 9780521029797
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This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single - nations, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyse movements in two countries - Italy and Germany - from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive usage of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality. The empirical data are used to build a middle-range theory of political violence that incorporates an analysis of the interactions between social movements and the state at the macro-level, an analysis of the development of radical organizations as entrepreneurs for political violence at the meso-level, and an analysis of the construction of 'militant' identities and countercultures at the micro-level.
Read more- Explains political violence as outcome of 'normal' politics rather than irrational political pathology
- Research uses comparative logic for studying countries and for studying time periods
- Combination of trial and police records and interviews with militants offers solid portrayal of actors' social construction of reality
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521029797
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.462kg
- contains: 8 b/w illus. 7 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword Sidney Tarrow
List of abbreviations
Preface
1. Comparative research on political violence
2. Political violence in Italy and Germany: a periodization
3. Violence and the political system: the policing of protest
4. Organizational processes and violence in social movements
5. The logic of underground organizations
6. Patterns of radicalization in political activism
7. Individual commitment in the underground
8. Social movements, political violence and the state
a conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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