The ascendance of austerity policies and the protests they have generated have had a deep impact on the shape of contemporary politics. The stunning electoral s

Roger Karapin examines protest movements of all shades to understand why they became influential & also why different forms of protest come to be used in differ

How successful are social movements and left parties at achieving social and political change? How, if at all, can movements and parties work together to challe

Explains the character of contemporary protest politics through a micro-mobilization analysis of participation in street demonstrations.

Across the West, the explosion of social movement activity since the late 1960s has constituted a “participatory revolution” that has posed profound challen