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Making Protest - Sarah J. Lockwood

Making Protest

The Role of Protest Brokers in South Africa's Urban Landscape
Buch | Hardcover
195 Seiten
2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
9781009555845 (ISBN)
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Introducing the critical and previously overlooked role played by protest brokers in South Africa, this study explores how they shape collective action. Drawing on over two years of rich fieldwork, Sarah J. Lockwood examines how these intermediaries link political elites with ordinary citizens, enabling movements that might otherwise never ignite.
Why do some communities rise up in protest while others stay silent? In Making Protest Sarah J. Lockwood takes readers into the heart of urban South Africa – the world's so-called protest capital – to uncover the hidden figures behind modern mobilization: protest brokers. These intermediaries link political elites with ordinary citizens, enabling movements that might otherwise never ignite. Drawing on over two years of immersive fieldwork, unique life histories, surveys, and original datasets, Lockwood reveals how brokers shape where, how, and why protests happen – and why some efforts succeed while others fizzle. As a result, this study challenges how we think about activism, power, and the machinery behind social change. With important insights on democracy, protest, and the politics of everyday life, this book exposes the unseen networks driving collective actions – and why understanding them is vital in our era of rising global dissent.

Sarah J. Lockwood is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol and a Research Affiliate at the University of Cape Town. Her research has been published in journals including Comparative Political Studies, Research & Politics and Party Politics. Prior to academia, Lockwood was a journalist focused on South African politics and protest.

Part I. Towards a New Theory of Protest: 1. The puzzle of subnational patterns of protest; 2. The role of protest brokers; 3. Variation at the broker level; Part II. Protest Brokers in South Africa: 4. Protest in South Africa; 5. Protest brokers in practice; 6. Protest brokers and the likelihood of protest; 7. Protest brokers and patterns of protest; Part III. Protest Brokers in Africa and Beyond: 8. Protest brokers beyond South Africa; 9. Protest brokers revisited; References; Appendices; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.3.2026
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13 9781009555845 / 9781009555845
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