Citizenship Rights and Social Movements: A Comparative and Statistical Analysis (Oxford Studies in Democratization) - Hardcover

Foweraker, Joe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198292252 ISBN 13: 9780198292258

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1997

Synopsis

This text studies the relationship between social movements and citizenship rights. It identifies the main connections made between collective action and individual rights, in theory and history, and tests them in the context of modern authoritarian regimes. It does so by measuring both social mobilization and the presence of rights over time, and by analysing their mutual impact statistically - both within and across national cases. The results create a new perspective on democratic struggles in authoritarian conditions, and on processes of democratic transitions. The selected cases of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Spain are similar enough to make comparisons possible, and different enough to make them interesting. Measuring mobilization and rights provides a comparative description of their forms and fluctuations, just as the statistical results promote a comparative analysis of their influence and interactions. The study uses statistical techniques, but employs them to illuminate historical processes. In sum, its quantitative methods work to enhance the qualitative inquiry, and together they come to constitute a robust defense of democracy as the direct result of collective struggles for individual rights.

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Review

Citizenship Rights and Social Movements is an erudite and provocative study and the findings it presents are complex and extremely interesting. Social Movement Studies Offers interesting insights into the area of social movement research, especially in terms of being a useful source of reference. Regional Studies

About the Author

Joe Foweraker, Professor of Government and Director of the Centre for Mexican Studies, University of Essex Todd Landman, Lecturer in Politics, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198292252
• ISBN 13: 9780198292258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324