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Making protest : the role of protest brokers in South Africa's urban landscape / Sarah J. Lockwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lockwood, Sarah J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collective behavior.
- Leadership--South Africa.
- Leadership.
- Protest movements--South Africa.
- Protest movements.
- Mass Behavior.
- South Africa.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mass Behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Why do some communities rise up in protest while others stay silent? In Making Protest Sarah J. Lockwood takes readers into the heart of urban South Africa – the world's so-called protest capital – to uncover the hidden figures behind modern mobilization: protest brokers. These intermediaries link political elites with ordinary citizens, enabling movements that might otherwise never ignite. Drawing on over two years of immersive fieldwork, unique life histories, surveys, and original datasets, Lockwood reveals how brokers shape where, how, and why protests happen – and why some efforts succeed while others fizzle. As a result, this study challenges how we think about activism, power, and the machinery behind social change. With important insights on democracy, protest, and the politics of everyday life, this book exposes the unseen networks driving collective actions – and why understanding them is vital in our era of rising global dissent."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The puzzle of subnational patterns of protest
- The role of protest brokers
- Variation at the broker level
- Protest in south africa
- Protest brokers in practice
- Protest brokers and the likelihood of protest
- Protest brokers and patterns of protest
- Protest brokers beyond south africa
- Protest brokers revisited.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed Februaray 10, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Lockwood, Sarah J. Making protest.
- ISBN:
- 9781009555876
- 1009555871
- OCLC:
- 1570888945
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000331828
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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