Social Movement Studies in Europe: The State of the Art (Protest, Culture & Society, 16)

Bringing together over forty established and emerging scholars, this landmark volume is the first to comprehensively examine the evolution and current practice of social movement studies in a specifically European context. While its first half offers comparative approaches to an array of significant issues and movements, its second half assembles focused national studies that include most major European states. Throughout, these contributions are guided by a shared set of historical and social-scientific questions with a particular emphasis on political sociology, thus offering a bold and uncommonly unified survey that will be essential for scholars and students of European social movements. List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword James M. Jasper Introduction: “So Many as the Stars of the Sky in Multitude, and as the Sand which is By the Sea Shore Innumerable”: European Social Movement Research in Perspective Olivier Fillieule and Guya Accornero PART I: EUROPEAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Chapter 1. The European Movements of ’68: Ambivalent theories, Ideological Memories and Exciting Puzzles Erik Neveu Chapter 2. Mobilizing for Democracy: The 1989 Protests in Central Eastern Europe Donatella della Porta Chapter 3. A Long Awaited Homecoming: The Labour Movement in Social Movement Studies Karel Yon Chapter 4. Beyond Party Politics: The Search for a Unified Approach. Research on Radical Right-wing Movements in Europe Manuela Caiani and Rossella Borri Chapter 5. Fields of Contentious Politics: Migration and Ethnic Relations Manlio Cinalli Chapter 6. Quiescent or Invisible?: Precarious and Unemployed Movements in Europe Marco Giugni and Jasmine Lorenzini Chapter 7. From Antiglobalisation to Global Justice Movement: The Waterloo’s European Battle Isabelle Sommier Chapter 8. Theoretical Perspectives on European Environmental Movements: Transnational and Techological Challenges in the Twenty-first Century Maria Kousis Chapter 9. From Grassroots to Institutions: Women’s Movements Studies in Europe Laure Bereni and Anne Revillard Chapter 10. Social Movements Facing the Crisis Héloïse Nez PART II: NATIONAL CASES Chapter 11. Social Movements Studies in Britain: ‘No Longer The Poor Relation?’ Brian Doherty, Graeme Hayes and Christopher Rootes Chapter 12. Precarious Research in a Movement Society: Social Movement Studies in Germany Sebastian Haunss Chapter 13. Politics and People: Understanding Dutch Research on Social Movements Jan Willem Duyvendak, Conny Roggeband and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg Chapter 14. From Splendid Isolation To Joining the Concert of Nations: Social Movement Studies in France Olivier Fillieule Chapter 15. Internationalization with Limited Domestic Recognition: Research on Social Movements in Italy Lorenzo Bosi and Lorenzo Mosca Chapter 16. The Land of Opportunities?: Social Movement Studies in Switzerland Philip Balsiger Chapter 17. Studying Movements in a Movement-become-state: Research and Practice in Postcolonial Ireland Laurence Cox Chapter 18. Successful Social Movement Outcomes without Social Movements?: Research on Swedish Social Movements and Swedish Social Movement Research Abby Peterson Chapter 19. Is Spain Still Different?: Social Movements Research in a Belated Western European Democracy Eduardo Romanos and Susana Aguilar Chapter 20. Revolutionary or Mild-mannered?: Social Movements and Social Movements Studies in Portugal Guya Accornero Chapter 21. From the Centre to the Periphery and Back to the Centre: Social Movements Affecting Social Movement Theory in the Case of Greece Kostis Kornetis and Hara Kouki Chapter 22. A Militant Rather than Scientific Research Object: Social Movements Studies in Turkey Ayşen Uysal Chapter 23. From Democratization to Internationalization: Studying Social Movements in Hungary Aron Buzogany Chapter 24. Social Movements in Pre- and Post-December 1989 in Romania Laura Nistor Chapter 25. Social Mobilization and the Strong State from the Soviets to Putin: Social Movements in the Soviet Union and Russia Alfred Evans and Laura Henry Conclusions: Social Movement Studies in Europe: Achievements, Gaps, and Challenges Dieter Rucht Index Contents 7 Figures and Tables 10 Abbreviations 11 Foreword 14 Introduction 19 Part I — European Social Movements in Comparative Perspective 37 Chapter 1 — The European Movements of '68: Ambivalent Theories, Ideological Memories and Exciting Puzzles 39 Chapter 2 — Mobilizing for Democracy: The 1989 Protests in Central Eastern Europe 55 Chapter 3 — A Long-Awaited Homecoming: The Labour Movement in Social Movement Studies 72 Chapter 4 — Beyond Party Politics: The Search for a Unified Approach: Research on Radical Right-Wing Movements in Europe 87 Chapter 5 — Fields of Contentious Politics: Migration and Ethnic Relations 104 Chapter 6 — Quiescent or Invisible? Precarious and Unemployed Movements in Europe 120 Chapter 7 — From Anti-globalization to Global Justice Movement: The Waterloo's European Battle 136 Chapter 8 — Theoretical Perspectives on European Environmental Movements: Transnational and Technological Challenges in the Twenty-First Century 151 Chapter 9 — From Grassroots to Institutions: Women's Movements Studies in Europe 174 Chapter 10 — Social Movements Facing the Crisis: Indignados and Occupiers in Europe 191 Part II — National Cases 207 Chapter 11 — Social Movement Studies in Britain: No Longer the Poor Relation? 209 Chapter 12 — Precarious Research in a Movement Society: Social Movement Studies in Germany 232 Chapter 13 — Politics and People: Understanding Dutch Research on Social Movements 250 Chapter 14 — From Splendid Isolation to Joining the Concert of Nations: Social Movement Studies in France 268 Chapter 15 — Internationalization with Limited Domestic Recognition: Research on Social Movements in Italy 287 Chapter 16 — The Land of Opportunities? Social Movement Studies in Switzerland 306 Chapter 17 — Studying Movements in a Movement-Become-State: Research and Practice in Postcolonial Ireland 321 Chapter 18 — Successful Social Movement Outcomes without Social Movements? Research on Swedish Social Movements and Swedish Social Movement Research 337 Chapter 19 — Is Spain Still Different? Social Movements Research in a Belated Western European Democracy 356 Chapter 20 — Revolutionary or Mild Mannered? Social Movements and Social Movements Studies in Portugal 374 Chapter 21 — From the Centre to the Periphery and Back to the Centre: Social Movements Affecting Social Movement Theory in the Case of Greece 389 Chapter 22 — A Militant Rather than Scientific Research Object: Social Movements Studies in Turkey 406 Chapter 23 — From Democratization to Internationalization: Studying Social Movements in Hungary 421 Chapter 24 — Social Movements in Pre- and Post-December 1989 Romania 437 Chapter 25 — Social Mobilization and the Strong State from the Soviets to Putin: Social Movements in the Soviet Union and Russia 456 Conclusions — Social Movement Studies in Europe: Achievements, Gaps and Challenges 474 Index 506 This Landmark Volume Is The First To Comprehensively Examine The Field Of Social Movement Studies In A Specifically European Context. Combining Comparative Studies Of Significant Issues And Movements With Focused National Studies, This Is A Bold & Uncommonly Unified Survey That Will Be Essential For Scholars & Students Of European Social Movements