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Michael
Biggs University Lecturer Department of Sociology, University of Oxford |
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research centres on social movements and political protest. While ranging
widely in subject and method, it is animated by two theoretical puzzles.
One is the volatility of collective protest: why a mass movement can
emerge suddenly, appear powerful, and yet collapse quickly. I have investigated
the strike wave that swept American cities in 1886, and the sit-ins
that erupted in the American South in 1960. The second puzzle is why
people sometimes inflict costs on themselves, by going on hunger strike
or committing self-immolation.
Contact Details: email:
michael.biggs@sociology.ox.ac.uk
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