Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture – serie
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Transformation of Discontent
Labor Protest in Healthcare and Education Across Europe
Av Imre Szabó
Häftad, 2026
660 kr
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The Transformation of Discontent demonstrates that far from disappearing from the workplaces of the Global North, labor protest has merely changed character and now focuses on healthcare and education, with white-collar and white coat employees clashing with employers over wages, working …
Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective
The Politics of Protest in South Africa's Contentious Democracy
Av Marcel Paret, Carin Runciman m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
750 kr
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From the Arab Uprising, to anti-austerity protests in Europe and the US Occupy Movement, to uprisings in Brazil and Turkey, resistance from below is flourishing. Whereas analysts have tended to look North in their analysis of the recent global protest wave, this volume develops a Southern …
Radical Left Movements in Europe
Av Magnus Wennerhag, Christian Fröhlich m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
750 kr
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When the Iron Curtain lifted in 1989, it was seen by some as proof of the final demise of the ideas and aspirations of the radical left. Not many years passed, however, before the critique of social inequalities and capitalism was once again a main protest theme of social movements. This book …
Social Stratification and Social Movements
Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on an Ambivalent Relationship
Av Sabrina Zajak, Sebastian Haunss
Inbunden, 2019
2512 kr
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This volume addresses the contested relationship between social stratification and social movements in three different ways: First, the authors address the relationship between social stratification and the emergence of protest mobilization. Second, the texts look at social stratification and …
Crisis and Social Mobilization in Contemporary Spain
The 15M Movement
Av Benjamín Tejerina, Ignacia Perugorría
Häftad, 2019
750 kr
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The year 2011 marked the emergence of a series of mobilizations of the indignant that spread like wildfire around the world—from the Arab Spring to Europe, and soon afterwards to Occupy Wall Street, the Spanish 15M was pivotal to the transnational diffusion of protest. This volume analyzes the …
Racialized Protest and the State
Resistance and Repression in a Divided America
Av Hank Johnston, Pamela Oliver
Inbunden, 2020
2512 kr
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Bringing together leading scholars of social movements and protest, this volume offers an up-to-date overview of several of the key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States. The organizations, strategies, and challenges of the Black Lives movement, mainstream Black …
Nationalist Movements Explained
Comparisons from Canada, Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland
Inbunden, 2020
2512 kr
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This book examines nationalist movements in four ethnically plural countries, one of which has no previous experience of such movements at the national level. Presenting comparisons of the cases of Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain, including descriptions of the social, economic, and …
Protesting Gender
The LGBTIQ Movement and its Opponents in Italy
Inbunden, 2019
2512 kr
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Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Italy among political activists of the LGBTIQ movement and the traditionalist movement during the “anti-gender” campaign, this book provides a dynamic picture of their sustained interactions. Through an analysis of the contentious strategies, discourses, and …
Exiled Activism
Political Mobilization in Egypt and England
Inbunden, 2020
2578 kr
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This book examines the relationship between exile and activism. Drawing on interviews with activists exiled to England following the military coup d’état in Egypt as an illustrative case, it considers whether exile presents any barrier to meaningful political participation. Through a comparison of …
Social Movements and Organized Labour
Passions and Interests
Av Jürgen Grote, Claudius Wagemann
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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This book is about the building of alliances and about joint activities between two groups of social movement actors ascribed increasing relevance for the functioning and the eventual amendment of democratic capitalism. The chapters provide a well-balanced mix of theoretical and empirical accounts …
Nationalist Movements Explained
Comparisons from Canada, Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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This book examines nationalist movements in four ethnically plural countries, one of which has no previous experience of such movements at the national level. Presenting comparisons of the cases of Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain, including descriptions of the social, economic, and …
Racialized Protest and the State
Resistance and Repression in a Divided America
Av Hank Johnston, Pamela Oliver
Häftad, 2022
689 kr
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Bringing together leading scholars of social movements and protest, this volume offers an up-to-date overview of several of the key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States. The organizations, strategies, and challenges of the Black Lives movement, mainstream Black …
Cycling Activism
Bike Politics and Social Movements
Av Peter Cox
Häftad, 2023
646 kr
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The first full-length study of cycling activism through the lens of social movement theory, this book demonstrates that, despite tremendous differences, bike activism can be understood as a continuous and connected activity spanning a century and a half and across continents. With examples from …
Cycling Activism
Bike Politics and Social Movements
Av Peter Cox
Inbunden, 2023
2504 kr
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The first full-length study of cycling activism through the lens of social movement theory, this book demonstrates that, despite tremendous differences, bike activism can be understood as a continuous and connected activity spanning a century and a half and across continents. With examples from …
Social Movements, Nonviolent Resistance, and the State
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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This volume probes the intersections between the fields of social movements and nonviolent resistance. Bringing together a range of studies focusing on protest movements around the world, it explores the overlaps and divergences between the two research concentrations, considering the dimensions of …
Activating China
Local Actors, Foreign Influence, and State Response
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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This book examines the effects of the transnational social and environmental advocacy of foreign NGOs in China. Based on three case studies, including China’s first participatory development project, its first successful case of transnational anti-dam activism, and its first national park project, …
Contentious Politics of Higher Education
Struggles and Power Relations within English and Italian Universities
Av Lorenzo Cini
Häftad, 2020
670 kr
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Drawing on neo-institutionalist and social movement approaches, this book analyses the impact that recent student mobilizations have brought about within Italian and English universities in terms of student services, curriculum organization, and governance structures. Arguing that the university …
Performing Political Opposition in Russia
The Case of the Youth Group Oborona
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Moscow and St. Petersburg among the political opposition’s youth group Oborona (Defence), this ground-breaking work brings forward a multifaceted and colourful image of the life of political opposition activists in a restricted political environment. Existing …
Ritual of May Day in Western Europe
Past, Present and Future
Av Abby Peterson, Herbert Reiter
Häftad, 2020
500 kr
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Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is perhaps the most ambitious of labour rituals'. The first international May Day demonstrations in 1890 were widely celebrated across Europe and became the one day each …
Austerity and Protest
Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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What is the relationship between economic crises and protest behaviour? Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defined, create a greater potential for protest? With protest movements and events such as the Indignados and the Occupy Movement receiving a great deal of …
Urban Mobilizations and New Media in Contemporary China
Av Lisheng Dong, Hanspeter Kriesi
Häftad, 2020
486 kr
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Popular protests are on the rise in China. However, since protesters rely on existing channels of participation and on patronage by elite backers, the state has been able to stymie attempts to generalize resistance and no large scale political movements have significantly challenged party rule. Yet …
Israeli-Palestinian Activism
Shifting Paradigms
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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When do words and actions empower? When do they betray? Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this volume tracks the repercussions of advocacy activism against house demolitions in 'unrecognised' Arab-Bedouin villages in Israel's southern 'internal frontier'. It highlights the repercussions of activism …
Fight for Ethical Fashion
The Origins and Interactions of the Clean Clothes Campaign
Häftad, 2020
710 kr
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From consumer boycotts and buycotts to social movement campaigns, examples of individual and collective actors forging political struggles on markets are manifold. The clothing market has been a privileged site for such contention, with global clothing brands and retailers being targets of consumer …
Power and Protest at an American University
No Confidence, No Fear
Av Ellen Carnaghan, Kathryn E. Kuhn
Häftad, 2022
670 kr
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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 …
Exiled Activism
Political Mobilization in Egypt and England
Häftad, 2022
710 kr
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This book examines the relationship between exile and activism. Drawing on interviews with activists exiled to England following the military coup d’état in Egypt as an illustrative case, it considers whether exile presents any barrier to meaningful political participation. Through a comparison of …
Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism
Fossil-Free Social Movements in South Africa
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism: Fossil-Free Social Movements in South Africa analyzes social struggles over damaging new fossil fuel projects in the Global South with a focus on South Africa, Africa’s biggest fossil fuel emitter.Fossil fuel extraction in South Africa has reached a new accelerated …
Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism
Fossil-Free Social Movements in South Africa
Häftad, 2024
646 kr
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Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism: Fossil-Free Social Movements in South Africa analyzes social struggles over damaging new fossil fuel projects in the Global South with a focus on South Africa, Africa’s biggest fossil fuel emitter.Fossil fuel extraction in South Africa has reached a new accelerated …
Cycling
A Sociology of Vélomobility
Av Peter Cox
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Cycling: A Sociology of Vélomobility explores cycling as a sociological phenomenon. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, it considers the interaction of materials, competencies and meanings that comprise a variety of cycling practices. What might appear at first to be self-evident actions …
When Citizens Talk About Politics
Av Clare Saunders, Bert Klandermans
Häftad, 2021
718 kr
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This book offers novel insights into the way in which people talk about politics across various countries. Drawing on focus groups research in nine countries, including ‘mature’ democracies, post-communist ‘new’ democracies and post-authoritarian ‘new’ democracies, it offers comparative reflection …
Mobilization against Asylum Seekers in Contemporary Urban Spaces
Not in Our Backyard
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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This book investigates the issue of local mobilization against asylum seekers in urban areas, which are often disproportionally affected by complex issues related to immigration and integration, as well as socio-economic development and growing inequalities. Based on ethnographic research in the …
