Contentious Episodes in the Age of Austerity

Studying the Dynamics of Government-Challenger Interactions

AvAbel Bojar,Theresa Gessler

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Based on extensive data and analysis of sixty contentious episodes in twelve European countries, this book proposes a novel approach that takes a middle ground between narrative approaches and conventional protest event analysis. Looking particularly at responses to austerity policies in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2008-2015), the authors develop a rigorous conceptual framework that focuses on the interactions between three types of participants in contentious politics: governments, challengers, and third parties. This approach allows political scientists to map not only the variety of actors and actor coalitions that drove the interactions in the different episodes, but also the interplay of repression/concessions/support and of mobilization/cooperation/mediation on the part of the actors involved in the contention. The methodology used will enable researchers to answer old (and new) research questions related to political conflict in a way that is simultaneously attentive to conceptual depth and statistical rigor.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-04
Mått:151 x 228 x 21 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009002011

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Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Abel Bojar is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute. Theresa Gessler is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science and the Digital Democracy Lab of the University of Zurich. Swen Hutter is Lichtenberg Professor in Political Sociology at Free University of Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research. Hanspeter Kriesi is a Professor at the European University Institute in Florence.

Recensioner i media

'True methodological breakthroughs are rare in any field of study. But in Contentious Episodes in the Age of Austerity, Abel Bojar et al. have given us just that. All scholars concerned with the dynamics of contention will need to take account of the exciting new methodology - ‘contentious episode analysis’ - clearly and compellingly sketched in this groundbreaking book.' Doug McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Innehållsförteckning

Part I. A New Approach for the Analysis of Contentious Episodes: 1. Introduction: A new approach for studying political contention – contentious episode analysis Hanspeter Kriesi, Swen Hutter, Abel Bojar, Argyrios Altiparmakis, Theresa Gessler, Sophia Hunger, Katia Pilati and Julia Schulte-Cloos; 2. Selecting and coding contentious episodes Hanspeter Kriesi, Swen Hutter, Abel Bojar, Argyrios Altiparmakis, Theresa Gessler, Sophia Hunger, Katia Pilati and Julia Schulte-Cloos; 3. The economic and political context of the episodes Hanspeter Kriesi and Sophia Hunger; Part II. Varieties of Contention: 4. Conceptualizing, measuring and mapping contentiousness Swen Hutter and Theresa Gessler; 5. Actors configurations and coalitions in contentious episodes Swen Hutter and Theresa Gessler; 6. Action sequences and their dynamic indicators of contention Abel Bojar and Argyrios Altiparmakis; 7. Outcomes – government responsiveness Julia Schulte-Cloos and Sophia Hunger; Part III. Dynamics of Interaction: 8. Interaction dynamics in contentious episodes: path-dependence, tit-for tat and constructive mediation Abel Bojar and Hanspeter Kriesi; 9. The governments' reactions to challengers and third-parties Hanspeter Kriesi; 10. The effect of repression on protest Katia Pilati; 11. Turning points Abel Bojar; 12. The Greek case Argyrios Altiparmakis; 13. Conclusion Abel Bojar, Hanspeter Kriesi and Swen Hutter.