{"product_id":"if-we-burn-the-mass-protest-decade-and-the-missing-revolution-paperback","title":"If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating history of a decade aflame--and what we can learn from its embers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Disturbing and exhilarating.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result. Acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins carried out hundreds of interviews around the world, guided by a single, puzzling question: How did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The result is a stirring work of history that connects events in a dozen countries and reveals that conventional wisdom on revolutionary change is gravely misguided. From the so-called Arab Spring to Gezi Park in Turkey, from Ukraine's Euromaidan to student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong, Bevins provides a blow-by-blow account of street movements and their consequences, recounted in gripping detail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this groundbreaking study of an extraordinary chain of events, protesters and major actors look back on successes and defeats, offering urgent lessons for the future. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48680235270361,"sku":"9781541788985","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9781541788985.jpg?v=1778507264","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/if-we-burn-the-mass-protest-decade-and-the-missing-revolution-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}