Edited by Thomas Davies, Department of International Politics, City University, London, UKHolly Eva Ryan, Crick Centre, University of Sheffield, UKAlejandro Milciades Pena, Department of Politics, University of York, UK

Political science and other researchers from Europe, Australia, Chile, and the US present 10 essays on protest, social movements, and global democracy since 2011. After a review of key events and dimensions of these protests, essays address anti-austerity protests, Occupy Wall Street, the Bulgarian Summer 2013 movement, opposition to mining in Armenia, the Lyon-Turin Railway and No TAV movement in Italy, the student movement in Chile, religion and political activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia, Turkish media representation of the Gezi Park protests, and Bahrain's uprising.

• Protest, Social Movements and Global Democracy Since 2011: New Perspectives - Thomas Davies, Holly Eva Ryan and Alejandro Milc?ades PenaDo Issues Matter? Anti-Austerity Protests’ Composition, Values, and Action Repertoires Compared - Maria T. Grasso and Marco GiugniOccupying Organization: Space as Organizational Resource in Occupy Wall Street - Gianmarco SavioProtest and Recognition in the Bulgarian Summer 2013 Movement - Delia Hallberg and Marinus OssewaardeChallenging the Gospel of Neoliberalism? Civil Society Opposition to Mining in Armenia - Armine IshkanianTransnational Resistance Networks: New Democratic Prospects? The Lyon-Turin Railway and No TAV Movement - Lisa Ariemma and Judith Burnside-LawryWhen Social Movements Become a Democratizing Force: The Political Impact of the Student Movement in Chile - Sofia Donoso Religion and Political Activism in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia - Anna GrassoAnarchy or Utopia? Turkish Media Representation of the Gezi Park Protests - Zeynep Cihan Koca-Helvac? Saudi Intervention, Sectarianism, and De-Democratization in Bahrain’s Uprising - Marc Owen Jones