Researching Resistance and Social Change: A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice - Paperback

by Mikael Baaz (Author), Mona Lilja (Author), Stellan Vinthagen (Author)

Resistance has often been connected with anti-social attitudes, destructiveness, reactionary or revolutionary ideologies, unusual and sudden explosions of violence and emotional outbursts. This book goes beyond these conventions.

Exploring various key questions, ranging from concept definitions of affect and temporality, to complex entanglements of various social dimensions and ethical questions, this accessible guide provides a robust theoretical and methodological framework for researching of resistance and social change.

By drawing connections between resistance and politics, between performance and everyday strategies, and between the juridical and its counter-strategies, this book provides students with a transdisciplinary understanding of contemporary debates in this emerging field.

Author Biography

Mikael Baaz is Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies and a Senior Lecturer in
International Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law, the University of
Gothenburg.

Mona Lilja is a Professor in Sociology at Karlstad University.

Stellan Vinthagen is Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil
Resistance and Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.