Social movements, political violence and the state

Anno accademico 2025/2026
Docente Lorenzo Bosi, Donatella Alessandra Della Porta

Modalità d'esame

<p>Relazione di seminario</p>

Prerequisiti

all years PhD and Master students

Programma insegnamento

This course analyses different aspects of political violence, state repression and social movements. Buiilding upon a relational and processual approach to social movement studies, it looks at the macro-contextual level, the meso-organisational level, and the micro-individual level in analysing of riots, underground political organizations, civil wars and revolutions. Particular attention is paid to the role of the states in the transformation in the repertoire of action.