European Radical Left

Giorgos Charalambous is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia. He is also the co-convenor of the Left Radicalism Specialist Group at the Political Studies Association. Charalambous is the author of European Integration and the Communist Dilemma (Ashgate, 2013), and has co-edited Party-Society Relations in Cyprus (Routledge, 2016) and Left Radicalism and Populism in Europe (Routledge, 2019).

'A rare and nothing less than perfect example of the Radical Left in Europe. It not only helps one to understand the cauldron of European politics but also contributes to a much needed (re) interpretation of the political itself'

• List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Preface Part I - Mobilisation, Resistance and the European Radical Left1. Introducing the Approach 2. Analytical Framework Part II - ‘Newness’ across Movement Waves and through Time3. Social Movement Identities and Left Radicalism 4. Patterns in Social Movement Rhetoric 5. Organising in (Every Subsequent) Movement Part III - Past and Present of European Radical Left Parties6. Radical Left Party Identities in Motion 7. Continuities and Changes in Radical Left Party Rhetoric 8. Party Organisation on the European Radical Left 9. Conclusions: A Unified Retrospective Notes Index