No dia 29 de fevereiro, o Grupo de Investigação SPARC organiza um seminário conjunto com o CIES-ISCTE Social Movements and Political Action. Esta sessão será uma discussão do livro co-editado pela investigadora do ICS-ULisboa Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa, publicado pela Routledge. A sessão terá três oradores convidados: Zachariah Mampilly (University of New York), María Ángeles Hervás (Universidad Loyola) e Oscar Mateos (Ramon Llul University).

O livro está disponível para download no site da Routledge.

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This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa.

The book argues that protests are simultaneously products and generators of change in that they are triggered by micro-and-macrosocial changes, but they also have the capacity to transform the nature of politics. By examining the triggers, actors, political opportunities, resources and framing strategies, the contributors shed light onto tangible (e.g. policy implementation, liberal reforms, political alternation) and intangible (e.g. perceptions, imagination, awareness) forms of change elicited by protests. It reveals the relevant role of African protests as engines of democracy, accountability and collective knowledge.

Bringing popular protests in authoritarian and democratic settings into discussion, this book will be of interest to scholars of African politics, democracy and protest movements.

O evento terá lugar pelas 14h30 na Sala 3 do ICS-ULisboa e via Zoom (pass 209982).