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EU Civil Society
Patterns of Cooperation, Competition and Conflict
Inbunden, 2015
554 kr
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This volume provides a novel and relational sociological approach to the study of EU civil society. It focuses on the interactions and interrelations between civil society actors and the forms of capital that structure the fields and sub-fields of EU civil society, through new and important …
Civilizing the Public Sphere
Distrust, Trust and Corruption
Inbunden, 2012
554 kr
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Examining the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption, this book maps out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner.
Rethinking the Public Sphere Through Transnationalizing Processes
Europe and Beyond
Av A. Salvatore, O. Schmidtke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1210 kr
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This book discusses the extent to which the theoretical relevance and analytical rigor of the concept of the public sphere is affected by current processes of transnationalization. The contributions address fundamental questions concerning the viability of a socially and politically effective …
Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Av M. Kortmann, K. Rosenow-Williams
Inbunden, 2013
554 kr
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This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of …
Young People's Political Participation in Western Europe
Continuity or Generational Change?
Inbunden, 2014
1210 kr
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Are young people today politically 'apathetic'? Or are they democratically 'mature' citizens? This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people's political participation in Europe in recent decades. It uses various concepts of 'age' to compare participation across …
Europeanizing Civil Society
How the EU Shapes Civil Society Organizations
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Rosa Sanchez Salgado m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
554 kr
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The European Union clearly matters for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). EU officials and European political entrepreneurs has been crucial in the promotion of funding and access opportunities, but they have been proven to have little capacity to use CSOs for their own purposes.
Bourdieu and Social Movements
Ideological Struggles in the British Anti-Capitalist Movement
Inbunden, 2015
554 kr
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In this book, Ibrahim employs Bourdieu's key concepts in order to explain the complex dynamics of social movements by detailing the key stages of development of, and ideological conflict between, 21st century British anti-capitalist organizations, and their interactions with wider social and …
Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research
Av B. Baumgarten, P. Daphi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
554 kr
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This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated …
Governing Mobility Beyond the State
Centre, Periphery and the EU's External Borders
Av A. Müller
Inbunden, 2014
554 kr
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This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how this conflict ridden relationship affects and is affected by the institutional shape of the EU's external borders.
Social Movement Campaigns on EU Policy
In the Corridors and in the Streets
Av Louisa Parks
Inbunden, 2015
554 kr
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This book assesses how much influence social movements have on EU policy and the means through which influence is secured. Using wide-ranging case studies of campaigns from GMOs to water rights and Internet freedom, it elucidates the important differences between technical and political campaigns.
European Integration, Processes of Change and the National Experience
Inbunden, 2015
570 kr
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In order to better understand processes of European integration, this book offers a new perspective that compares past experiences of change to current transitional moments at the European level. It addresses key questions about European society, EU integration and social change to reveal the …
Participatory Democracy and Civil Society in the EU
Agenda-Setting and Institutionalisation
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Luis Bouza Garcia m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
554 kr
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This book is about both the symbolic and the real struggles for the control of the EU's agenda on participatory democracy in the last fifteen years. The book analyzes how civil society organizations contributed to an agenda which has implications for the regulation of interest groups to the …
Active Citizenship in Europe
Practices and Demands in the EU, Italy, Turkey and the UK
Inbunden, 2017
991 kr
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The book provides an overview of key issues in the debate concerning the emergence of active citizenship in Europe.The specific focus of enquiry is the promotion of patterns of civic and political engagement and civic and political participation by the EU and the relative responses drawn by …
Europe’s Prolonged Crisis
The Making or the Unmaking of a Political Union
Av Virginie Guiraudon, Carlo Ruzza m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
554 kr
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This collection presents a political sociology of crisis in Europe. Focusing on state and society transformations in the context of the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath in Europe, it observes a return of redistributive conflicts that correlates with a 'new politics of identity', nationalism, …
Urban Uprisings
Challenging Neoliberal Urbanism in Europe
Av Margit Mayer, Catharina Thörn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1471 kr
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This book analyses the waves of protests, from spontaneous uprisings to well-organized forms of collective action, which have shaken European cities over the last decade. It shows how analysing these protests in connection with the structural context of neoliberal urbanism and its crises is more …
New Social Division
Making and Unmaking Precariousness
Av Donatella della Porta, Tiina Silvasti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1429 kr
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This volume addresses issues of precariousness in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, looking at socio-economic transformations as well as the identity formation and political organizing of precarious people. The collection bridges empirical research with social theory to problematize and …
After the Financial Crisis
Shifting Legal, Economic and Political Paradigms
Av Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez, Anna Triandafyllidou m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1113 kr
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This international collection studies how the financial crisis of 2007 and the ensuing economicand political crises in Europe and North America have triggered a process ofchange in the field of economics, law andpolitics. Contributors to this book argue that both elites and citizens havehad to …
Welfare Markets in Europe
The Democratic Challenge of European Integration
Inbunden, 2016
991 kr
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This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities …
LGBT Activism and Europeanisation in the Post-Yugoslav Space
On the Rainbow Way to Europe
Av Bojan Bilić
Inbunden, 2016
1176 kr
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Europe and the European Union are unavoidable, if ambiguous, political references in the post-Yugoslav space. This volume interrogates the forms and implications of the increasingly potent symbolic nexus that has developed between non-heterosexual sexualities, LGBT activism(s) and …
Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia
1700-Present
Av Flemming Mikkelsen, Knut Kjeldstadli m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1429 kr
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This book focuses on popular struggles in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1700-2015, and how popular struggle in the form of hunger riots, tax rebellions, petition drives, strikes, demonstrations, public meetings and social movements paved the way for the introduction and development of civil …
Understanding Populist Party Organisation
The Radical Right in Western Europe
Av Reinhard Heinisch, Oscar Mazzoleni
Inbunden, 2016
1210 kr
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Right-wing populist parties are thriving throughout Europe. With few exceptions, political systems have seen such parties make significant electoral gains and shape the national political discourse across the continent. In recent years, many populist parties have undergone leadership changes and …
Diversity and Contestations over Nationalism in Europe and Canada
Av John Erik Fossum, Riva Kastoryano m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1647 kr
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This edited collection considers how transformations in contemporary societies have raised questions surrounding our sense of community and belonging, alongside our management of increased diversity.Diversity and Contestations over Nationalism in Europe and Canada includes contributions that …
Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media
Communicating Europe, Contesting Europe
Av Manuela Caiani, Simona Guerra
Inbunden, 2017
1319 kr
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This volume focuses on the relationship between the media and European democracy, as important factors of EU legitimacy. The contributors show how the media play a crucial role in making European governance accountable, and how it can act as an intermediate link between citizens and their elected …
Social Media and European Politics
Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era
Av Mauro Barisione, Asimina Michailidou
Inbunden, 2017
1319 kr
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This volume investigates the role of social media in European politics in changing the focus, frames and actors of public discourse around the EU decision-making process. Throughout the collection, the contributors test the hypothesis that the internet and social media are promoting a structural …
Rethinking the Public Sphere Through Transnationalizing Processes
Europe and Beyond
Av A. Salvatore, O. Schmidtke m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1210 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book discusses the extent to which the theoretical relevance and analytical rigor of the concept of the public sphere is affected by current processes of transnationalization. The contributions address fundamental questions concerning the viability of a socially and politically effective …
Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Av M. Kortmann, K. Rosenow-Williams
Häftad, 2013
554 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of …
Young People's Political Participation in Western Europe
Continuity or Generational Change?
Häftad, 2014
1210 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Are young people today politically 'apathetic'? Or are they democratically 'mature' citizens? This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people's political participation in Europe in recent decades. It uses various concepts of 'age' to compare participation across …
Europeanizing Civil Society
How the EU Shapes Civil Society Organizations
Av Rosa Sanchez Salgado, Kenneth A. Loparo
Häftad, 2014
554 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The European Union clearly matters for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). EU officials and European political entrepreneurs has been crucial in the promotion of funding and access opportunities, but they have been proven to have little capacity to use CSOs for their own purposes.
Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research
Av B. Baumgarten, P. Daphi m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
554 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated …
Governing Mobility Beyond the State
Centre, Periphery and the EU's External Borders
Av A. Müller
Häftad, 2014
554 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how this conflict ridden relationship affects and is affected by the institutional shape of the EU's external borders.
