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04568aam a2200517 i 4500 001 2451B86A2E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190212010150 008 180202s2018 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017055371 020 $a 0190694009 020 $a 9780190694005 035 $a (OCoLC)1022076630 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d GZM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cl----- 050 00 $a HN110.5.A8 $b M633 2018 082 00 $a 303.48/4098 $2 23 084 $a POL004000 $a POL004000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Moseley, Mason Wallace, $e author. 245 10 $a Protest state : $b the rise of everyday contention in Latin America / $c Mason W. Moseley. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xvi, 241 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of surging protests in countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, this book answers this question through a focus on recent trends in the quality of governance and socioeconomic development in the region. Specifically, it argues that increasingly engaged citizenries -- forged by economic growth and technological advances -- coupled with dysfunctional political institutions have fueled more radical modes of participation in Latin America, as citizens' demands for government responsiveness have overwhelmed many regimes' capacity to provide it. Where weak institutions and politically engaged citizenries collide, countries can morph into "protest states," where contentious participation becomes so common as to render it a conventional characteristic of everyday political life. Drawing on cross-national surveys from Latin America and a case study of Argentina, which includes a rich dataset of protest events and dozens of interviews with political elites and citizen activists, Mason W. Moseley tests his explanation against other leading theories in the contentious politics literature. But rather than emphasizing how worsening economic conditions and mounting grievances fuel protest, this book builds the case that it is actually the improvement of economic conditions amidst low quality political institutions that lies at the root of surging contention in the region. Protest State offers a comprehensive study of one of the most intriguing puzzles in Latin American politics today: in the midst of an unprecedented era of democratic governments and economic prosperity, why are so many people protesting? "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The rise of the protest state: theory and hypotheses -- Contentious engagement: evidence from Latin American democracies -- Protest from the top down: how elites marshal contention in the protest state -- Tracing the roots of the protest state in Argentina -- Narrowing the focus: the protest state at the subnational level in Argentina -- Uneven democracy and contentious politics: an analysis of protest across Argentine provinces -- Democracy in the protest state: the Wave of the future in Latin America? -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index. 650 0 $a Protest movements $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Social movements $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Political participation $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Government accountability $z Latin America. 650 0 $a Democracy $x Social aspects $z Latin America. 651 0 $a Latin America $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE $x General. $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Civil Rights. $x Civil Rights. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Democracy $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890110 650 7 $a Government accountability. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01746414 650 7 $a Political participation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069386 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Protest movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01079826 650 7 $a Social movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122657 651 7 $a Latin America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245945 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Moseley, Mason Wallace. $t Protest state. $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018 $z 9780190694012 $w (DLC) 2018005573 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213020514.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2451B86A2E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search