Social movement studies in Europe : the state of the art / / edited by Olivier Fillieule and Guya Accornero

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480467603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78533-098-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (526 p.)
• Collana: Protest, Culture and Society ; ; Volume 16
• Disciplina: 303.4094
• Soggetti: Social movements - Europe - History; Electronic books.; Europe Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Part I - European Social Movements in Comparative Perspective; Chapter 1 - The European Movements of '68: Ambivalent Theories, Ideological Memories and Exciting Puzzles; Chapter 2 - Mobilizing for Democracy: The 1989 Protests in Central Eastern Europe; Chapter 3 - A Long-Awaited Homecoming: The Labour Movement in Social Movement Studies; Chapter 4 - Beyond Party Politics: The Search for a Unified Approach: Research on Radical Right-Wing Movements in Europe; Chapter 5 - Fields of Contentious Politics: Migration and Ethnic RelationsChapter 6 - Quiescent or Invisible? Precarious and Unemployed Movements in Europe; Chapter 7 - From Anti-globalization to Global Justice Movement: The Waterloo's European Battle; Chapter 8 - Theoretical Perspectives on European Environmental Movements: Transnational and Technological Challenges in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 9 - From Grassroots to Institutions: Women's Movements Studies in Europe; Chapter 10 - Social Movements Facing the Crisis: Indignados and Occupiers in Europe; Part II - National Cases; Chapter 11 - Social Movement Studies in Britain: No Longer the Poor Relation?Chapter 12 - Precarious Research in a Movement Society: ; Social Movement Studies in Germany; Chapter 13 - Politics and People: Understanding Dutch Research on Social Movements; Chapter 14 - From Splendid Isolation to Joining the Concert of Nations: Social Movement Studies in France; Chapter 15 - Internationalization with Limited Domestic Recognition: Research on Social Movements in Italy; Chapter 16 - The Land of Opportunities? Social Movement Studies in Switzerland; Chapter 17 - Studying Movements in a Movement-Become-State: Research and Practice in Postcolonial IrelandChapter 18 - Successful Social Movement Outcomes without Social Movements? Research on Swedish Social Movements and Swedish Social Movement Research; Chapter 19 - Is Spain Still Different? Social Movements Research in a Belated Western European Democracy; Chapter 20 - Revolutionary or Mild Mannered? Social Movements and Social Movements Studies in Portugal; Chapter 21 - From the Centre to the Periphery and Back to the Centre: Social Movements Affecting Social Movement Theory in the Case of GreeceChapter 22 - A Militant Rather than Scientific Research Object: Social Movements Studies in Turkey; Chapter 23 - From Democratization to Internationalization: Studying Social Movements in Hungary; Chapter 24 - Social Movements in Pre- and Post-December 1989 Romania; Chapter 25 - Social Mobilization and the Strong State from the Soviets to Putin: Social Movements in the Soviet Union and Russia; Conclusions - Social Movement Studies in Europe: Achievements, Gaps and Challenges