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Author:   Clare Saunders (University of Exeter, UK) ,  Bert Klandermans (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780367726874

ISBN 10:   0367726874
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: when citizens talk about politics: towards an analytical framework; 1. Anti-politics statements in fast-thinking: what comes to mind first when thinking about politics; 2. Discussing politics in the UK: non-violence, representativeness, consistency, and fairness as constitutional values; 3. Discourse about politics in the Netherlands: anti-politics and populism, more or less; 4. Idle democrats? Talking about politics in Germany; 5. Convinced direct democrats under strain: talking about politics in Switzerland; 6. Uprising in the streets and ballots: polarisation and radicalisation in the Greek crisis; 7. Reinvigorating Romania’s civil society: talking about politics and corruption in Romania; 8. In the land of inefficacy: talking about Hungarian approaches to participation; 9. Distance and familiarity in political talk in Argentina; 10. Political education as a problem and solution: discussing participation in Brazil; 11. Conclusion: how citizens talk about electoral and protest politics, a cross-country comparison; Methodological Appendix

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Clare Saunders is Professor of Politics in the Environment and Sustainability Institute and Department of Politics at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of Environmental Networks and Social Movement Theory and the co-author of Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice and Prospects for Citizenship. Bert Klandermans is Chair in Applied Social Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author of Social Psychology of Protest and the co-editor of The Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines, The Future of Social Movement Research, Methods of Social Movement Research, and The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Movements.

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