Protest state : the rise of everyday contention in Latin America / Mason W. Moseley.

"Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of surging protests in countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, this book answers this question through a focus on recent trends in the quality of g...

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Main Author: Moseley, Mason Wallace (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The rise of the protest state: theory and hypotheses
  • Contentious engagement: evidence from Latin American democracies
  • Protest from the top down: how elites marshal contention in the protest state
  • Tracing the roots of the protest state in Argentina
  • Narrowing the focus: the protest state at the subnational level in Argentina
  • Uneven democracy and contentious politics: an analysis of protest across Argentine provinces
  • Democracy in the protest state: the Wave of the future in Latin America?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.