{"product_id":"if-we-burn-vincent-bevins-9781541788985","title":"If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA meticulous investigation into the recent uprisings that aimed to restructure societies around the world, but too often fell short\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. But we are not living in a world that is more just and democratic as a result. In \u003ci\u003eIf We Burn\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jakarta Method\u003c\/i\u003e Vincent Bevins sets out to answer a pivotal question: How did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the so-called Arab Spring to the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, to the \"V for Vinegar\" eruption in Brazil, to Ukraine's Euromaidan uprising, to the student movements in Chile and Hong Kong, Bevins aims to provide a deep history of these movements and their consequences. In doing so, he shows the ways in which the conventional wisdom in 2010 was wrong--but more importantly, he asks protesters and major actors what they wish they had done differently, as they seek to learn urgent lessons for the future. After carrying out over two hundred interviews in ten countries, Bevins carefully reconstructs the mass protests that defined a decade, adding needed understanding to how it is that such powerful explosions and impassioned calls for change have not delivered--at least not yet--the revolution they dreamed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf We Burn \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique and captivating exploration of how a time of upheaval has changed the world, and how it may continue to do so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Bevins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541788982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541788985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Vincent Bevins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526170104063,"sku":"9781541788985","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e713618-66dc-489c-827a-70f266beca45.jpg?v=1737555405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-we-burn-vincent-bevins-9781541788985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}