Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries

ISBN-13: 9781108835114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Florence) Hanspeter Kriesi (European University Institute;Jasmine Lorenzini (Université de Genève);Bruno Wüest (Universität Zürich)

Opis

The first comprehensive overview of the waves of protest that spread across Europe in the wake of the Great Recession, examining thirty countries. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in social movements, political protest, contentious politics, and protest event analysis.

Spis treści

Part I. A Study of Protest in 30 European Countries: 1. Introduction Hanspeter Kriesi, Silja Häusermann and Jasmine Lorenzini; 2. Design and methods of the semi-automated protest event analysis Jasmine Lorenzini, Peter Makarov and Bruno Wüest; 3. External validation of the protest event analysis Bruno Wüest and Jasmine Lorenzini; Part II. Trends in Protest in the Great Recession: 4. Overall trends of protest in the Great Recession Hanspeter Kriesi; 5. All quiet on the protest scene? Repertoires of contention and protest actors during the Great Recession Sophia Hunger and Jasmine Lorenzini; 6. The return of the economy? Issue contention in the protest arena Theresa Gessler and Julia Schulte-Cloos; Part III. Sources of Protest: 7. Economic grievances, political grievances and protest Hanspeter Kriesi, Chendi Wang, Silja Häusermann and Thomas Kurer; 8. Bailouts and protest: representative democracy and policy-making in times of austerity Argyrios Altiparmakis and Jasmine Lorenzini; 9. Diffusion of protest Bruno Wüest and Matthias Enggist; Part IV. Interaction between Convention and Contention: 10. Electoral punishment and protest politics in times of crisis Björn Bremer, Swen Hutter and Hanspeter Kriesi; 11. Are political parties recapturing the streets? A cross-regional study of party protests in the Great Recession Endre Borbath and Swen Hutter; 12. Conclusion Hanspeter Kriesi and Bruno Wueest.