Contents

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Abbreviations

Foreword

Introduction

Part I — European Social Movements in Comparative Perspective

Chapter 1 — The European Movements of '68: Ambivalent Theories, Ideological Memories and Exciting Puzzles

Chapter 2 — Mobilizing for Democracy: The 1989 Protests in Central Eastern Europe

Chapter 3 — A Long-Awaited Homecoming: The Labour Movement in Social Movement Studies

Chapter 4 — Beyond Party Politics: The Search for a Unified Approach: Research on Radical Right-Wing Movements in Europe

Chapter 5 — Fields of Contentious Politics: Migration and Ethnic Relations

Chapter 6 — Quiescent or Invisible? Precarious and Unemployed Movements in Europe

Chapter 7 — From Anti-globalization to Global Justice Movement: The Waterloo's European Battle

Chapter 8 — Theoretical Perspectives on European Environmental Movements: Transnational and Technological Challenges in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 9 — From Grassroots to Institutions: Women's Movements Studies in Europe

Chapter 10 — Social Movements Facing the Crisis: Indignados and Occupiers in Europe

Part II — National Cases

Chapter 11 — Social Movement Studies in Britain: No Longer the Poor Relation?

Chapter 12 — Precarious Research in a Movement Society: Social Movement Studies in Germany

Chapter 13 — Politics and People: Understanding Dutch Research on Social Movements

Chapter 14 — From Splendid Isolation to Joining the Concert of Nations: Social Movement Studies in France

Chapter 15 — Internationalization with Limited Domestic Recognition: Research on Social Movements in Italy

Chapter 16 — The Land of Opportunities? Social Movement Studies in Switzerland

Chapter 17 — Studying Movements in a Movement-Become-State: Research and Practice in Postcolonial Ireland

Chapter 18 — Successful Social Movement Outcomes without Social Movements? Research on Swedish Social Movements and Swedish Social Movement Research

Chapter 19 — Is Spain Still Different? Social Movements Research in a Belated Western European Democracy

Chapter 20 — Revolutionary or Mild Mannered? Social Movements and Social Movements Studies in Portugal

Chapter 21 — From the Centre to the Periphery and Back to the Centre: Social Movements Affecting Social Movement Theory in the Case of Greece

Chapter 22 — A Militant Rather than Scientific Research Object: Social Movements Studies in Turkey

Chapter 23 — From Democratization to Internationalization: Studying Social Movements in Hungary

Chapter 24 — Social Movements in Pre- and Post-December 1989 Romania

Chapter 25 — Social Mobilization and the Strong State from the Soviets to Putin: Social Movements in the Soviet Union and Russia

Conclusions — Social Movement Studies in Europe: Achievements, Gaps and Challenges

Index