Journal Article - 2019

Ballots and barricades enhanced: far‐right ‘movement parties’ and movement‐electoral interactions

This contribution enhances our understanding of the contemporary far right by focusing on the neglected links between movements and elections within the broader context of contention.

Journal Article - 2019

From the Rainy Place to the Burnt Palace: How Social Movements Form their Political Strategies. The Case of the Six Federations of the Tropic of Cochabamba

Exploring the case of the cocaleros of the Chapare, this article argues that more emphasis should be placed on mechanisms that are internal to the movements, such as: (a) the resonance of other political experiences at home and abroad, (b) internal struggles for ideological hegemony, and (c) the political formation of their grassroots.

Journal Article - 2019

Life beyond the ballot box: the political participation and non-participation of electoral abstainers

Drawing on electoral participation and social movement studies, we develop a typology of abstainers on the basis of their forms of non-electoral participation, and explore the determinants that drive belonging to each of these sub-groups. Although there is a positive correlation between electoral turnout and non-electoral participation, we find that there is a subset of abstainers who decide not to cast a vote but take part in non-electoral political activities.

Journal Article - 2019

The Modern Prince and the Sociological Imagination

Michael Burawoy in Conversation with Riccardo Emilio Chesta

Monograph - 2019

Resistere alla crisi. I percorsi dell'azione sociale diretta

Uno studio in profondità su solidarietà, mutualismo e organizzazione dal basso nell'Italia della crisi.