European Social Movements and the Transnationalization of Public Spheres: Anti-Austerity and Pro-Democracy Mobilisation from the National to the Globa

ISBN-13: 9780367535612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 140 str.

Angela Bourne

Opis

In the book, we show how contemporary European social movements may contribute to such processes as either ‘arenas’ of deliberation in themselves or as ‘actors’ in broader public spheres. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Civil Society. 

Spis treści

Introduction: Social Movements as ‘Arenas’ and ‘Actors’ in Transnationalizing Public Spheres Angela Bourne 1. Social Movements and the Transnational Transformation of Public Spheres Angela Bourne 2. More than a Copy Paste: The Spread of Spanish Frames and Events to Portugal Britta Baumgarten and Rubén Díez García 3. Beyond Nationalism? The Anti-Austerity Social Movement in Ireland: Between Domestic Constraints and Lessons from Abroad Richard Dunphy 4. National Anti-austerity Protests in a European Crisis: Comparing the Europeanizing Impact of Protest in Greece and Germany During the Eurozone Crisis Jochen Roose, Kostas Kanellopoulos and Moritz Sommer 5. The Gezi Protests and the Europeanization of the Turkish Public Sphere Isabel David and Gabriela Anouck Côrte-Real Pinto 6. European Counterpublics? DiEM25, Plan B and the Agonistic European Public Sphere Óscar García Agustín 7. Essay: Rethinking Global Civil Society and the Public Sphere in the Age of Pro-democracy Movements Ramón A. Feenstra Conclusion: Social Activism Against Austerity – The Conditions for Participatory and Deliberative Forms of Democracy Thomas P. Boje

O autorze

Angela Bourne is associate professor at Roskilde University, Denmark. She researches on EU and comparative politics, transnational mobilisation of social movements, responses to extremism and the proscription of political parties. She has published in European Journal of Political Research, Democratization, European Constitutional Law Review and Journal of Common Market Studies.