Sites of Protest

Stuart Price is Professor of Media and Political Discourse at De Montfort University, Leicester. Ruth Sanz Sabido is Reader in Media and Social Inequality at Canterbury Christ Church University.

• Acknowledgements / List of Illustrations / Introduction: Sites of Protest, Stuart Price and Ruth Sanz Sabido / Part I: Borders, States and Movements / 1. The ‘Borderless State’: ISIS, Hierarchy and Trans-spatial Politics, Stuart Price / 2. The Social Fabric of Resilience: How Movements Survive, Thrive, or Fade Away,Katharine Ainger / Part II: Culture, Community and Protest / 3. ‘Hunger for Bread and Horizons’: Protest Songs in Franco’s Spain, Ruth Sanz Sabido / 4. ArtUp! Creative Community Action to Reclaim Blighted City Spaces, Jeff Copus and Emilia Yang / 5. Naw, Naw, Aye: Activism and Alternative Media in the 2014 Scottish Referendum, Kirsten MacLeod / Part III: Direct action and ‘material’ struggle / 6. The Global Rush for Land, Alex Hines / 7. ‘Public Physical Practices’ in the Rendering of the Commons: Chilean Students in 2011, Jorge Saavedra Utman / 8. The British Anti-Windfarm and Anti-Fracking Movements: A Comparative Analysis, Matthew Ogilvie and Christopher Rootes / Part IV: Online Sites of Protest / 9. Online Change In An Offline World? Perceptions of Social Transformation Among Feminist Campaigners, Jessamy Gleeson / 10. Gypsy and Traveller Sites: Performance of Conflict and Protest, Jo Richardson / 11. ‘It’s Not Just 20 Cents’: How Social Networks Helped Mobilise Brazilians Against Injustice, Fernanda Amaral / Index / About the Contributors

Sites of Protest is a vital contribution to understanding the politics of spectacle and protest. It looks into our past - and our present - with vigour, intelligence, and commitment. A must read.