Cosmos
The Centre on Social Movement Studies
Journal Article - 2016
Author: Lorenzo Zamponi, Lorenzo Bosi
Is there such a thing as “the crisis” in the European public discourse? We investigate the Great Recession as it appears in the public discourse of seven European countries (Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland). We do so through a political claim analysis conducted on the most important newspapers of each country between… moreJournal Article - 2016
Author: Javier Alcalde
In the context of the European research project "Collective action and the refugee crisis", I have spent several months interviewing activists who work on the denunciation , solidarity and support of migrants and refugees. Even though they do not all share the same analysis of the causes and solutions, there is one point on which… moreJournal Article - 2015
Author: Lorenzo Bosi, Lorenzo Zamponi
This article analyses continuities and discontinuities across time in Italy in the use of direct social actions, defined as forms of action that focus upon directly transforming some specific aspects of society by means of the very action itself, instead of claiming something from the state or other power holders. In doing this, this article… moreJournal Article - 2014
Authors: Juan Masullo Jimenez; Jone Lauzurika Bajo
This article analyses anti-austerity protest in Italy as a sort of ‘functional equivalent’ of the Indignados movements in other countries. While the typical forms of action of these movements, the acampada, were not very widespread in Italy in 2011, there were mobilisations for social justice and participatory democracy which indeed resonated with the frames that… moreJournal Article - 2014
Author: Donatella della Porta
This short article comments on Bennet's and Segerberg's work on connecting action. After singling out some conditions which, according to social movement studies, would make an aggregating logic and personalized messages very important for mobilization, the author calls for further research (including through qualitative methods) on the complex dynamics related to the contemporary use of… moreJournal Article - 2014
Author: Phillip M. Ayoub
European Journal of International Relations, 2014, OnlineFirstJournal Article - 2014
Authors: Alice Mattoni; Markos Vogiatzoglou
Journal Article - 2014
Author: Alice Mattoni and Emiliano Treré
The aim of this article is to explore the use of 3 concepts of media studies—media practices, mediation, and mediatization—in order to build a conceptual framework to study social movements and the media. The article first provides a critical review of the literature about media and movements. Secondly, it offers an understanding of social movements… moreJournal Article - 2014
Author: Federico Matías Rossi
Between 1996 and 2009, a process of struggle for and (after 2002) partial achievement of the second incorporation of the popular sectors took place in Argentina. This process involved a combination of routine and contentious political dynamics that reformulated state-society relations in the postcorporatist period. As a continuation of the first incorporation (1943–55), the second… moreJournal Article - 2014
Author: Phillip M. Ayoub
This article utilizes original survey and interview data to explore why norms governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights mobilize an active resistance in some cases and not in others. Based on a comparison of Poland and Slovenia, this article shows that differing perceptions of threat define the way international norms are received in… moreJournal Article - 2026
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