Books in the The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture series

This book offers novel insights into the way in which people talk about politics across various countries. Drawing on focus groups research in nine countries, it offers comparative reflection on how talk about political activity is shaped.

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Moscow and St Petersburg among the political opposition's youth group Oborona (Defence), this title brings forward a multifaceted and colourful image of the life of political opposition activists in a restricted political environment.

When do words and actions empower? When do they betray? Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this volume tracks the repercussions of advocacy activism against house demolitions in 'unrecognised' Arab-Bedouin villages in Israel's southern 'internal frontier'. It highlights the repercussions of activism for victims, fund-raisers and activists.

This book offers novel insights into the way in which people talk about politics across various countries. Drawing on focus groups research in nine countries, it offers comparative reflection on how talk about political activity is shaped.

This volume analyzes the features that turned the Spanish 15M into a beacon for international mobilization, and those that garnered it unprecedented domestic support, surpassing historic socio-economic and politico-ideological fractures in Spain.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the different national and regional experiences of what `left¿ and ¿radical left¿ means, and shows how radical left movements in different countries cope with these varying circumstances.

Based on studies of transnational activism, this volume examines the transnational social and environmental advocacy of foreign NGOs in China over the last thirty years. It draws on ethnographic fieldwork in China and archival work in the United States, following the lives of Chinese activists, researchers and government officials.

This volume probes the intersections between the fields of social movements, and nonviolent strategies and peaceful tactics of resistance to the state.

How are radical left movements influenced by the political and social contexts in which they are situated? In most European countries, the fall of state socialism contributed to a general shift in the composition of the radical left, often marginalizing traditional communist groups, while the libertarian radical left has tended to grow in importance. Different national and regional experiences of what `left¿ and ¿radical left¿ means continue to shape such movements¿ possibilities to mobilize, seek political allies and accomplish change. This book provides detailed analysis of these differences, and shows how radical left movements in different countries cope with these varying circumstances.

This books explores social movements and political activism in contemporary Japan, arguing that the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident marks a decisive moment, which has led to an unprecedented resurgence in social and protest movements and inaugurated a new era of civic engagement. With attention to the question of where the new sense of contention in Japan has emerged from and how the newly developing movements have been shaped by the neo-conservative policies of the Japanese government, authors ask how the Japanese experience adds to our understanding of how social movements work, and whether it might challenge prevailing theoretical frameworks.

This book provides a Southern perspective on contemporary global protest through a deep engagement with the case of South Africa.

The year 2011 marked the emergence of a series of mobilizations of the indignant that spread like wildfire around the world. The Spanish 15M was pivotal to the transnational diffusion of protest. This volume analyzes the features that turned the 15M into a beacon for international mobilization, and those that garnered it unprecedented domestic support, surpassing historic socio-economic and politico-ideological fractures in Spain. It also delves into its gradual demise, and its profound impact on the emergence of political "offsprings" that portray themselves as heirs to the 15M spirit such as Podemos.

Explores how May Day demonstrations have evolved and taken different trajectories in different political contexts. By concluding with reflections on the future of the May Day ritual in Western Europe, this title provides a detailed analysis of its evolution as a protest event.

Although there is a long history of conservative movements in America, the library of social movement studies leans heavily to the left. The Tea Party Movement, its sudden emergence and its uncertain fate, provides a challenge to mainstream American politics.

This book gives a nuanced and updated view of social movements in post-communist Europe, by looking at the cases of relatively successful mobilization, by examining groups that have often been neglected in the discourse on social movements and civil society (including animal rights groups, racist movements and non-feminist family organizations).

Analyzes violent protest and rioting, furthering our understanding of this increasingly prevalent form of claim making. This title brings together internationally recognized experts in the field of protest studies and contentious politics to analyze the causes and trajectories of violence as a protest tactic.

Bringing together leading scholars of social movements and protest, this volume offers an up-to-date overview of several of the key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States.