Popular protest in contemporary Africa /

Popular protest in contemporary Africa /

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Author / Creator:	Mueller, Lisa, 1985- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018. ©2018
Description:	xi, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Political participation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Protest movements -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Middle class -- Political activity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Poor -- Political activity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Middle class -- Political activity. Political participation. Politics and government. Poor -- Political activity. Protest movements. Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 21st century. Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11685614

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ISBN:	9781108423670 1108423671 9781108438254 1108438253
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-260) and index.
Summary:	"Some observers see the third wave of protests in Sub-Saharan Africa as a politically motivated revolution of the middle class akin to the Arab Spring, whereas others label it a materially-driven revolt of the chronically poor. These interpretations are not mutually exclusive. Members of an emerging middle class desire political influence commensurate with their economic status and possess the money, education, communication skills, and political autonomy that make them effective protest organizers. Meanwhile, most rank-and- file protesters in Sub-Saharan Africa are not middle-class but rather live at a subsistence level. This group is motivated mainly by material concerns-especially low expectations of upward mobility-and not by grievances against a ruling regime"--

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