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Economic Crisis and Mass Protest - The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Economic Crisis and Mass Protest - The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
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Although the triggering effect of economic crises on revolt is a
classic sociological topic, crises have until recently mostly
triggered large-scale collective action in developing countries.
The antigovernment protests that occurred in several European
countries in the aftermath of the global financial crisis brought
crises to the forefront of collective action research in democratic
societies, as well as provide important opportunities for studying
how crises can trigger large-scale collective action. This volume
focusses on Iceland's 'Pots and Pans Revolution', a series of large
scale antigovernment protests and riots that took place in Iceland
in autumn 2008 and January 2009. The Icelandic case offers a rare
opportunity to study processes that can trigger political protest
in an affluent, democratic society. The protests took place in the
aftermath of a national financial collapse triggered by the global
financial crisis in early October 2008. While having almost no
tradition of mass protest, Iceland was among the first countries to
respond to the global crisis with large-scale protest. The level of
public mobilization was exceptionally high (about 25 percent
participation rate) and the protests did not stop until they had
brought down the ruling government of Iceland. Using qualitative
and quantitative data, this volume situates the protest in
historical-cultural context and applies social movement theory to
explore how the economic crisis ended up triggering the protests,
thus providing a step toward understanding why the global financial
crisis has triggered public unrest in other countries.
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