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 studies on youth political activism in Russia have mainly dealt with the pro-Kremlin youth movements, such as Nashi, while youth opposition activism has been studied very little. Lyytikainen contributes to this gap by showing how youth are also actively organizing against the current government and...
Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Moscow and St. Petersburg among the political opposition s youth group Oborona (Defence), this ground-breaking wo...
Why is the Muslim Brotherhood the most successful social movement in contemporary Egypt and why is Salafism such a strong socio-political force today? This path-breaking book explains that the strength of Islamism in Egypt lies with these groups' ability to attract youth activists across class divides by providing convincing and desired forms of dissent against a repressive regime which chime with young people's value-systems and practices. Today, as a result of this, the Islamist parties profit from their political capital gained from decades of social mobilisation. Poljarevic offers an...
Why is the Muslim Brotherhood the most successful social movement in contemporary Egypt and why is Salafism such a strong socio-political force today?...
Since May 15, 2011, the 15M movement, or that of the Spanish indignados, has served as a beacon for mobilizations across the world. Initially called for by a core constituency of young, often college-educated, typically under-/unemployed citizens who articulated widespread grievances, it rapidly attracted many other groups within the Spanish citizenry. Its massive protest events received unprecedented support across all socio-demographic and politico-ideological cleavages. While events in Madrid remained at the center of public attention, the movement spread to the Spanish periphery. The...
Since May 15, 2011, the 15M movement, or that of the Spanish indignados, has served as a beacon for mobilizations across the world. Initially called f...
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 year when organized labour could present its goals to the public- an eight-hour workday was the first concrete demand, shortly followed by those for improved working conditions, universal suffrage, peace among nations, and international solidarity. The May Day ritual celebration was the self-assertion...
Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is perhaps the most amb...
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 perspective through a deep engagement with the case of South Africa, which has experienced widespread popular resistance for more than a decade. Combining critical theoretical perspectives with extensive qualitative fieldwork and rich case studies, Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective...
From the Arab Uprising, to anti-austerity protests in Europe and the US Occupy Movement, to uprisings in Brazil and Turkey, resistance from below i...
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 on the political, social and economic catalysts behind the changing motives finding expression in a multitude of novel types of joint collective action and inter-organizational alliances. The contributors to this volume go beyond attempting to place unions, movements, crisis, precariousness,...
This book is about the building of alliances and about joint activities between two groups of social movement actors ascribed increasing relevance for...
