Collective action and protest have become a normalized political behavior that in many
cases defines the political agenda. The reasons why people take to the streets constitute a …

This article explores the social composition of participants in anti-austerity protests taking
place in Belgium, Italy, Spain and the UK between 2010 and 2012, based on over 3000 …

This article explores the link between the ritualization of public protest and movement
persistence in the context of contemporary far-right politics. Drawing from interpretive …

Protest surveys are increasingly used to tackle questions related to participation in social
movements. However, it is unclear whether they generate useful and valid data. This study …

Modern Ελλάδα (Greece) finds itself navigating a treacherous confluence of economic,
social and political headwaters. In the wake of the 2008–09 global financial crisis, the Greek …

This chapter sketches out some analytic principles for the analysis of collective action
dynamics at large and tries to situate both unions and actors promoting other causes under …

Research on European trade unionism has discussed whether the tendency towards 'union
diplomacy'has meant that that unions are largely disinterested in mobilizing members and …

On January 21, 2017, over four hundred cities across the United States organized sister
marches in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington. In this paper, we first compare …

The objective of this study is to ascertain how political context and participants' union
membership affect the motivation to participate in a protest. The study compares participants …

Recently, many mobilisations have emerged all around the world and their impact on social
change has been noteworthy. In this paper we shall review the evolution of the latest models …