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Protests: Laurie Taylor explores their different causes, methods and rates of success, from Occupy to MeToo and Iran.

Protests: from Occupy to MeToo and the current situation in Iran. Laurie Taylor is joined by Sara Burke, Senior Policy Analyst at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung political foundation in New York, and co-author of a recent study which analyses the myriad protests which have shaken the world since 2010. She explores their main causes, which include the perceived failures of democracies, as well as the oppression of women and economic inequality. Which protests are likeliest to achieve success and how do we measure success, in the first place?

They're joined by Maryam Alemzadeh, Associate Professor in the History and Politics of Iran at the University of Oxford, who discusses the characteristics and trajectory of the women-led protests in Iran.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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Mon 24 Oct 2022 00:15
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World Protests: A Study of Key Protest Issues in the 21st Century by I,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý (Palgrave Macmillan)




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