Discipline: Social
Sciences
Topic: Political Science
Social Movements and Political Protest
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Tamar Hermann
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Traditionally, it was assumed that even in clear-cut
democracies, the focus of the political process lies with the political
establishment and not with professional politicians. However, in recent
decades a significant perceptual shift has taken place in the study of
political action – from the top echelons to grassroots. It has become
apparent that the public is not always indifferent or ignorant. Citizens
are increasingly organizing in order to influence the outcomes of the
political process; for example, through ecological movements, human and civil
rights movements, anti-globalization protest movements, and the like.
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This 3-volume series presents this “new
politics”: it examines the structural and conceptual factors which encourage
or impede the development of participation channels outside of the
establishment, explores the tension that arises between action organized by
citizens and by the political establishment, identifies the sectors which
generate civil initiatives, analyzes the socio-demographic profile of
activists, and examines the strategies and tactics used by these movements.
Volume 1: Patterns of political
participation – Grassroots political participation; Extra-parliamentary
political participation (1995, 304 pp., cat. # 10454-1)
Volume 2: Social movements – Recruitment
and activity patterns; Interrelations with the environment (1996, 288 pp.,
cat. # 10454-2)
Volume 3:
Strategies for grassroots political participation – Non-violent protest;
Terrorism (1997, 200 pp., cat. # 10454-3)
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Dr. Tamar Hermann, Senior Lecturer in
the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at the
Open University of Israel, is Director of Tel Aviv University's Tami
Steinmetz Center for Peace Research which was established in 1992 to
promote systematic research and thinking on issues connected with
peacemaking processes and conflict resolution.
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