Cosmos
The Centre on Social Movement Studies
Chapter in edited book - 2016
Author: Lorenzo Cini
Social movement scholars have generally disregarded the study of mobilizations within institutions. Even less well-studied are the effects that such mobilizations provoke. This is precisely the topic that the present chapter investigates. More specifically, the chapter sheds light on the type of institutional response that the recent student mobilizations in England and Italy set in… moreChapter in edited book - 2015
Author: Federico Matias Rossi and Donatella della Porta
In this chapter we review the main perspectives on democratization and then propose an analytic organization of the different roles that social movements, trade unions, advocacy networks, churches, and cycles of protest play in the dynamic, contingent, and contentious shaping of democracy. In doing this, we are of course not pleading for an exclusive focus… moreChapter in edited book - 2015
Author: Donatella della Porta and Alice Mattoni
Chapter in edited book - 2015
Author: Alice Mattoni
This chapter analyses the different frames that emerged during the mobilizations of precarious workers that occurred in Italy in the early 2000s, involving hundreds of thousands of protesters all over the country. In the past, workers’ movements had been rather homogeneous, representing workers who experienced very similar working and living conditions. In this sense, it… moreChapter in edited book - 2014
Author: Philip M. Ayoub and David Paternotte
Chapter in edited book - 2014
Author: Philip M. Ayoub, Sophia Wallace and Chris Zepeda-Millan
Chapter in edited book - 2013
Author: Donatella della Porta
Chapter in edited book - 2013
Author: Donatella della Porta
Chapter in edited book - 2013
Author: Donatella della Porta and Louisa Parks
Chapter in edited book - 2013
Author: Matteo Cernison
Cernison investigates the 2011 online communication campaign that lead to the victory of the Italian referendum against water privatization. In particular, the chapter evidences how a very large and disperse network of activists and social movement organizations evolved its communication strategies during the campaign, adopting innovative social media strategies and giving live to less centralized… moreJournal Article - 2026
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