Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521029797)

This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single-nation studies, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyze movements in two countries--Italy and Germany--from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive use of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality, and to build a theory on political violence that synthesizes the various interactions among political actors.

Author: Donatella Della Porta
ISBN-10: 0521029791
ISBN-13: 9780521029797
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d