This introductory symposium article develops a framework for an urban political reading and
a theorization of urban uprisings. We argue that there is a need to foreground the notion of …

2 Introduction reclaimed by the forces of the old politics and their public order. These
mobilizations aren't limited to left-inspired movements, as suggested by right-wing populism …

This article argues that patriarchal discourses can play a legitimizing role for the
undemocratic elements of regimes. It focuses on neopatrimonial regimes in contemporary …

After the multidimensional financial crisis of 2008, the member states of the Eurozone
imposed a set of economic policies to save their economies. Socially unpopular cuts …

In competitive authoritarian regimes, forming a pre-electoral coalition (PEC) provides a
mean for opposition parties to defeat the incumbent party. In Turkey, the ruling Justice and …

For classical sociologists, national solidarity was a response to the risks and uncertainties of
modernity. National solidarity was said to provide the foundations for social order and justice …

Nicht nur Proteste und soziale Bewegungen, sondern auch ihre Erforschung haben
Hochkonjunktur–und dies weltweit. Davon künden bereits die hier vorgestellten …

This is the first book to examine the growing movement of organised networks of LGBT+
football supporters, exploring activists' biographies and the meanings they ascribe to …

This chapter examines what is meant by" shrinking democracy" and outlines both the
practical and theoretical issues concerning urban resistance and public space in the context …

The cycle of protests that began in Spain with the 15-M movement (named after the date of
its inaugural event on May 15, 2011) inmediately gave rise to academic analyses that have …