Violent protest, contentious politics, and the neoliberal state

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The dynamics of violent protest : politics, emotions, and interaction / Seraphim Seferiades and Hank Johnston -- The role of violence in mass protests / Frances Fox Piven -- The outcomes of political violence : ethical, theoretical, and methodological concerns / Lorenzo Bosi and Marco Guigni -- Age cohorts, cognition, and collective violence / Hank Johnston -- Political violence in Germany : trends and exploration of causes / Dieter Rucht -- The unusual suspects : radical repertoires in consensual settings / Mario Diani -- Riots : a dynamic view / Donatella della Porta and Bernard Gbikpi -- Protest and repression in democracies and autocracies : Europe, Iran, Thailand, and the Middle East 2010-2011 / Jack Goldstone -- Contemporary French and British urban riots : exploring the underlying political dimensions / David Waddington and Mike King -- The volatility of urban riots / Marilena Simiti -- The Greek December, 2008 / Hank Johnston and Seraphim Seferiades -- Along the pathways of rage : the space-time of an uprising / Loukia Kotronaki and Seraphim Seferiades -- The accidental eruption of the anarchist movement / Kostas Kanellopoulos -- Beyond the riots ; radical minorities shaping a decade of upturn in Greece / Nikos Lountos.