Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

by Donatella della Porta

This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single-nation studies, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyze movements in two countries--Italy and Germany--from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive use of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality, and to build a theory on political violence that synthesizes the various interactions among political actors.

Genres: Politics, Political Science

Hardcover

First published September 29, 1995

Reviews

[Chelsea Szendi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Della Porta does a good job of driving home the point that radicalization of social movements is closley related to the reactions of the state and its policing policies. Hello, London!

[Sami Eerola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb comparative research on the far-left terror wave of the 1970-1980´s Italy and Germany. Many key insights on movement study and some applicability to other extremist groupts from diffetent ideologies