Protest and Democracy

This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the interplay between protest and institutions during an era of multiple crises in Denmark Germany Hungary Italy Romania and the UK. Focusing on the interaction between citizens social movements and movement parties and questions of democratic quality related to participation competition and responsiveness it considers the role of traditional and social media when connecting institutional and non-institutional arenas. Building on insights from political science sociology and communication studies it combines an original cross-national survey interviews media analysis document analysis statistical analytical techniques critical discourse analysis social network analysis and natural language processing in a comparative perspective.