Voices of the Valley, Voices of the Straits

Donatella Della Porta is Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute. Her recent publications include Globalization from Below(University of Minnesota Press, 2006); Quale Europa? Europeizzazione, identità e conflitti (Il Mulino, 2006); Social Movements: an Introduction (2nd edition, Blackwell, 2006) and Transnational Protest and Global Activism (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005).

"The book is a welcome addition to the existing body of work on social and protest movements...[It] offers fresh and original insights into protest movements and its arguments are well made and convincing."  ·  Modern Italy“The insights of this study make for an interesting book that leads us further into the understanding of contemporary conflicts.”  ·  South European Society and Politics

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Local Conflict between Interest and Identity: an Introduction1. Nimbyism or Social Movements? How to Explain Protest Campaigns1.1. The Local Dimension1.2. Social Movements and Environmentalism1.3. Resources and Mobilisation1.4. The Political Dimension of the Conflict1.5. Our Research2. Campaigns and Networks: Two Periodisations2.1. The Protest Campaign in Val di Susa2.2. The No Bridge CampaignChapter 2. Networks and Cross-fertilisation: the Resources of the Protest1. Networks and Cross-fertilisation: an Introduction2. The Role of Local Institutions3. The Role of Environmental Associations4. The Role of Citizens' Committees and the Organisation from Below5. Squatted Social Centres6. Trade Unions and Workers7. Deciding in the Network8. Concluding RemarksChapter 3. Protest and Identity: the Symbolic Construction of Conflict1. Protest and Identity: an Introduction2. Framing the Identity: Between Localism and Community3. Diagnosis and Prognosis: What Progress?4. Motivational Frames: the Rights of the Community, Mobilisation of the People5. Concluding RemarksChapter 4. In Movement: the Repertoires of the Protest1. Repertoires of Protest: an Introduction2. The Construction of Knowledge3. Protests and the Logic of Numbers4. Direct Action and Solidarity5. Protest as an Arena: Site Occupations and Camps6. Multiform Action7. Protest and Communication8. Concluding RemarksChapter 5: Voices of the Valley, Voices of the Straits: a ConclusionBibliographyIndex