Herbert Reiter: 3 books
The Social Movement Society
Contentious Politics for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1997
Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from...
The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is perhaps the most ambitious of labour rituals'. The first international May Day demonstrations in 1890 were widely celebrated across Europe and became the one day each year...
Polizia e protesta
L'ordine pubblico dalla Liberazione ai "no global"
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2013
La questione dei rapporti tra ordine pubblico e libertà di manifestazione pubblica del dissenso, delicatissima per gli equilibri interni di un sistema democratico, è paradossalmente poco studiata, specie in Italia. In questo volume viene proposta, per la prima volta nel nostro paese, un'analisi che...