Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries

Hardback

Main Details

Title Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Hanspeter Kriesi
Edited by Jasmine Lorenzini
Edited by Bruno Wuest
Edited by Silja Hausermann
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:300
Dimensions(mm): Height 150,Width 235
Category/GenrePolitical economy
ISBN/Barcode 9781108835114
ClassificationsDewey:322.44094090511
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 34 Tables, black and white; 50 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 August 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is the first comprehensive overview of the waves of protest mobilization that spread across Europe in the wake of the Great Recession. Documenting the extent of these protests in a study covering thirty countries, including the issues they addressed and the degree to which they replicated each other, this book maps the prevalence and nature of protest across Europe, and explains the interactions between economic and political grievances that lead to protest mobilization. The authors assess a range of claims in the literature on political protest, arguing that they tend both to overstate the importance of anti-austerity sentiments and underestimate the relevance of political grievances in driving the protest. They also integrate a study of the electoral and protest arenas, revealing that electoral mass politics has been heavily influenced protest mobilization, which amplified electoral punishment at the polls.

Author Biography

Hanspeter Kriesi holds the Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence. Jasmine Lorenzini is a research fellow at the Institute of Citizenship Studies, University of Geneva. Bruno Wuest works at the research center Sotomo in Zurich. He was postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Political Science of the University Zurich. Silja Hausermann is Professor of Swiss Politics and Comparative Political Economy at the Institute for Political Science of the University Zurich.