Different means of protest, same causes
Popular struggles in Burkina Faso
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8104447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bettina Engels (0000-0003-2897-407X, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 143 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056244.2014.996123 |
| OpenAlex | W2066666413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 30 |
The article examines the relationship of riots to more organised and sustained protests by trade unions and other established oppositional organisations. It focuses on protests related to the 2007–2008 food and fuel price crisis. In a case study on Burkina Faso, actors, means and achievements of the popular struggles are analysed. It is argued that protests by the trade unions on the one side and riots on the other relate to one another. Both present struggles by different segments of the popular classes that sometimes use different means but emerge from the same structural causes and address the same problem
Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Migration, Identity, and Health
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |