Power and Protest at an American University

This book examines the successful no-confidence movement led by faculty at Saint Louis University in 2013 in an effort to unseat the university president, considering the reasons for success when similar movements often fail. Through a series of chapters written by faculty from many disciplines at the university, it uses a particular episode of faculty protest to shed light on wider issues concerning the circumstances in which faculty are likely to be motivated to protest, the institutional frameworks that make protest possible and the strategies that get results. As such, it will appeal to scholars of social movements with interests in protest and mobilization in the field of education.

Ellen Carnaghan is Professor of Political Science at Saint Louis University, USA, and the author of Out of Order: Russian Political Values in an Imperfect World.

Kathryn E. Kuhn is Associate Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University, USA.