I review the development of the political opportunity or political process perspective, which
has animated a great deal of research on social movements. The essential insight—that the …

This article reviews central problems in political opportunity theory and explores the
implications of adopting certain conceptualizations of political opportunities for explaining …

Antje Wiener examines the involvement of local actors in conflicts over global norms such as
fundamental rights and the prohibition of torture and sexual violence. Providing accounts of …

提要$ 本文批判地总结了20 世纪西方社会运动和革命理论的发展轨迹" 并在此基础上提出了
研究社会运动和革命的三大视角$ 社会变迁% 国家和社会的结构及结构性行为以及社会运动的 …

Given the advanced state of digital technology and social media, one would think that the
Democratic and Republican Parties would be reasonably well-matched in terms of their …

Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present
stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same …

In Europe, as in the rest of the Western world, scholarly interest in social movements
developed with the wave of protest that, in the late sixties, shook confidence in the 'end of …

Shows how social change affects political mobilization indirectly through the restructuring of
existing power relations, comparing the impact of the ecology, gay rights, peace, and …

Con un lenguaje claro, ameno y accesible, la obra de Donatella della Porta y Mario Diani
sigue siendo, hoy por hoy, una referencia obligada para los investigadores, además de un …

Research on social movements has usually addressed issues of movement emergence and
mobilization, yet has paid less attention to their outcomes and consequences. Although …