The Language of Contention

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-107-03624-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

This book examines the relations between the material and political bases of contentious politics and the construction, diffusion and endurance of contentious language. Beginning with the language of revolution developed from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, it examines contentious language at work, in gender and race relations and in nationalist and ethnic movements. It closes with an examination of emotions in contentious politics, reflecting on the changes in political language since 9/11 and assessing the impact of religion and recent innovations in electronic communication on the language of politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tarrow, Sidney

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Repertoires of contentious language; 2. Revolutions in words; 3. Words at work; 4. Race and rights talk; 5. Gender words; 6. Citizens and nations; 7. Love and hatred; 8. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Tarrow, Sidney
Sidney Tarrow is Maxwell M. Upson Professor Emeritus of Government at Cornell University and a visiting professor at Cornell University Law School. His recent books include a collection of essays, Strangers at the Gates: States and Social Movements in Contentious Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and a revised and expanded edition of Power in Movement (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and past president of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. He is currently completing a book on states, wars and movements.