Protest, Social Movements, and Global Democracy since 2011: New Perspectives

by Thomas Davies (Editor), Holly Eva Ryan (Editor), Alejandro Milcíades Peña (Editor)

Overview

In light of the limited achievements of the Arab Spring and other pro-democracy movements, volume 39 examines and unpacks arguments that these protests represent both a new phase and new prospects for democratic mobilization. The volume engages with new theoretical and methodological perspectives and illuminates novel aspects of transnational social movement dynamics, such as the evolving role of information technology, deterritorialisation and government counter-responses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786350282
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	06/14/2016
Series:	Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change , #39
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Edited by Thomas Davies, Department of International Politics, City University, London, UK Holly Eva Ryan, Crick Centre, University of Sheffield, UK Alejandro Milciades Pena, Department of Politics, University of York, UK

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Foreword ix

Protest, Social Movements and Global Democracy Since 2011: New Perspectives Thomas Davies Holly Eva Ryan Alejandro Milcíades Peña 1

Do Issues Matter? Anti-Austerity Protests' Composition, Values, and Action Repertoires Compared Maria T. Grasso Marco Giugni 31

Occupying Organization: Space as Organizational Resource in Occupy Wall Street Gianmarco Savio 59

Protest and Recognition in the Bulgarian Summer 2013 Movement Delia Hallberg Marinus Ossewaarde 85

Challenging the Gospel of Neoliberalism? Civil Society Opposition to Mining in Armenia Armine Ishkanian 107

Transnational Resistance Networks: New Democratic Prospects? The Lyon-Turin Railway and No Tav Movement Lisa Ariemma Judith Burnside-Lawry 137

When Social Movements Become a Democratizing Force: The Political Impact of the Student Movement in Chile Sofia Donoso 167

Religion and Political Activism in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia Anna Grasso 197

Anarchy Or Utopia? Turkish Media Representation of the Gezi Park Protests Zeynep Cihan Koca-Helvaci 221

Saudi Intervention, Sectarianism, and De-Democratization in Bahrain's Uprising Marc Owen Jones 251

Editorial Reviews

Political science and other researchers from Europe, Australia, Chile, and the US present 10 essays on protest, social movements, and global democracy since 2011. After a review of key events and dimensions of these protests, essays address anti-austerity protests, Occupy Wall Street, the Bulgarian Summer 2013 movement, opposition to mining in Armenia, the Lyon-Turin Railway and No TAV movement in Italy, the student movement in Chile, religion and political activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia, Turkish media representation of the Gezi Park protests, and Bahrain's uprising.

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