Social psychological research has taught us a lot about why people protest. This article
provides a theoretical and empirical overview. Discussed are grievances, efficacy …

Social movements have attracted much attention in recent years, both from scholars and
among the wider public. This book examines the consequences of social movements …

Activism in any social movement group is, as Deborah Gould observes, a project of
collective 'world-making'. It is about changing the world out there by influencing policy and …

The contemporary tactics of millennial feminists who are part of an active movement for
social change In 2014, after a young man murdered six students at the University of …

Politics—and especially politics of protest—is full of emotions. People are angry about
austerity measures, thrilled or fearful about the Arab Spring and indignant because they …

Most research on participatory processes has stressed the positive effects that these
institutions have in the relationships between public authorities and civil society. This article …

Media exposure is widely known to increase institutional forms of political participation such
as voting. Less well understood is whether media exposure also affects protest, a less …

Activists are the engines of social movements. What spurs their activism? This article
scrutinizes the role of civic participation in stimulating political action. We examine how the …

Engaging with long-standing debates on the crisis of democracy, manifested as a downturn
in civic involvement, this paper scrutinises the evolving landscape of protest participation …

The emotions have not had an easy time with the social sciences. For most of their history,
disciplines such as political science, economics and sociology have cast them on the …