Routledge Handbook of Contemporary European Social Movements

<p>European social movements have become increasingly visible in recent years, generating intense public debates. From anti-austerity and pro-democracy movements to right-wing nationalist movements, these movements expose core conflicts around European democracy, identity, politics and society. The <i>Routledge Handbook of Contemporary European Social Movements </i>offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of the analysis of European social movements, helping to orient scholars and students navigating a rapidly evolving field while developing a new agenda for research in the area. </p><p>The book is divided into eight sections: Visions of Europe; Contemporary models of democracy; Historical evolution of major European movements; Feminism and sexualities; Movement diffusion within and beyond Europe; Anti-austerity movements; Technopolitical and media movements; and Movements, parties and movement-parties. Key theories and empirical trajectories of core movements, their central issues, debates and impacts are covered, with a focus on how these have influenced and been influenced by their European context. Democracy, and how social movements understand it, renew it, or undermine it, forms a core thread that runs through the book.</p><p>Written in a clear and direct style, the <i>Handbook</i> provides a key resource for students and scholars hoping to understand the key debates and innovations unfolding in the heart of European social movements and how these affect broader debates on such areas as democracy, human rights, the right to the city, feminism, neoliberalism, nationalism, migration and European values, identity and politics. Extensive references and sources will direct readers to areas of further study.</p> <p>List of figures </p><p>List of tables </p><p>Notes on contributors </p><p>Acknowledgments </p><p>Abbreviations </p><p>Introduction: Contemporary European social movements: democracy, crisis and contestation </p><p>Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Ramón Feenstra</p><p>PART 1</p><p>Visions of Europe </p><p>1 Visions of a good society: European social movements in the age of ideologies and beyond </p><p>Simon Tormey</p><p>2 How many ‘Europes’? Left-wing and right-wing social movements and their visions of Europe </p><p>Manuela Caiani and Manès Weisskircher</p><p>3 From ‘Fortress Europe’ to ‘Refugees Welcome’: social movements and the political imaginary on European borders </p><p>Pierre Monforte</p><p>4 Fields of contentious politics: policies and discourse over ‘Islam vs.Christianity’ </p><p>Manlio Cinalli</p><p>PART 2</p><p>Contemporary models of democracy </p><p>5 Democratic models in Europe </p><p>Donatella della Porta</p><p>6 Deliberative democracy: an upgrade proposal </p><p>Domingo García-Marzá</p><p>7 Democracy and sortition: arguments in favor of randomness </p><p>Jorge Costa Delgado and José Luis Moreno Pestaña</p><p>8 Hatred and democracy? Ernesto Laclau and populism in Europe </p><p>Clare Woodford</p><p>PART 3</p><p>Historical evolution of major European movements </p><p>9 Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed: from labor movements to anti-austerity protests </p><p>Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso</p><p>10 The global justice movement in Europe </p><p>Priska Daphi</p><p>11 European squatters’ movements and the right to the city </p><p>Miguel A. Martínez</p><p>12 New social movements and everyday life: a dialogue with Alberto Melucci </p><p>John Keane</p><p>PART 4</p><p>Feminism and sexualities </p><p>13 Feminist mobilizations within organized religions in Western Europe </p><p>Celia Valiente</p><p>14 My body, my rules? Self-determination and feminist collective action in Southern Europe </p><p>Ana Cristina Santos and Mara Pieri</p><p>15 Neither new nor utopian (and yet worthwhile): queer and feminist genealogies, conflicts and contributions inside Spain’s 15-M movement </p><p>Gracia Trujillo Barbadillo</p><p>PART 5</p><p>Movement diffusion within and beyond Europe </p><p>16 Brokerage and the diffusion of social movements in the digital era </p><p>Eduardo Romanos</p><p>17 Social movement diffusion in Eastern Europe </p><p>Ondřej Císař</p><p>18 Crossing the ocean: the influence of Bolivia’s MAS movement on Spain’s Podemos party </p><p>Esther del Campo, Jorge Resina and Yanina Welp</p><p>PART 6</p><p>Anti-austerity movements </p><p>19 Anti-austerity movements in Europe </p><p>Josep Lobera</p><p>20 Alternative forms of resilience and the 2007 crisis in Europe </p><p>Maria Paschou and Maria Kousis</p><p>21 ‘We won’t pay for the crisis’: student movements in European anti-austerity protest </p><p>Lorenzo Zamponi</p><p>PART 7</p><p>Technopolitical and media movements </p><p>22 The technopolitical frameworks of contemporary social movements: the European case </p><p>Igor Sádaba Rodríguez</p><p>23 Alternative media and social movements in Europe’s digital landscape </p><p>Andreu Casero-Ripollés</p><p>PART 8</p><p>Movements, parties and movement parties </p><p>24 Movement parties: a new hybrid form of politics? </p><p>Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen</p><p>25 The Five Star Movement’s progressive detachment from social movements </p><p>Lorenzo Mosca</p><p>26 The long shadow of activism: Podemos and the difficult choices of movement-parties </p><p>Kerman Calvo</p><p>27 From Indignad@s to Mayors? Participatory dilemmas in Spanish municipal movements </p><p>Joan Font and Patricia García-Espín</p><p>Index </p>