Postwar Protest Movements in Britain
A Challenge to Parties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony M Messina (0000-0002-4473-0377, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 410-428 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500034471 |
| OpenAlex | W2078009081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article asks why new protest movements have recently emerged in Western Europe by focusing on the British postwar race and anti-nuclear movements. Contrary to “subjective” propositions which have attributed their emergence to inter-generational value change, this article instead proposes a “structural” explanation. It is argued that the failure of the major British political parties to articulate citizen concerns on a number of salient issues has generated extra-party initiatives whose willingness to “voice” citizen anxieties primarily explains their popular support. Once in existence, these groups further politicize the conflict over public policy through various unconventional activities
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2012 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |