The far right party family is the fastest-growing party family in Europe. In addition to
describing the ideological makeup of the far right party family, this review examines demand …

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 …

The ascendance of austerity policies and the protests they have generated have had a deep
impact on the shape of contemporary politics. The stunning electoral successes of SYRIZA …

Populism continues to gain traction in politics but there has been relatively little research on
how it plays out on the Internet. The special issue at hand aims at narrowing this gap of …

Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens
have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very …

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 …

Tweets and the Streets analyses the culture of the new protest movements of the 21st
century. From the Arab Spring to the'indignados' protests in Spain and the Occupy …

What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western
Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And …

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

The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary
people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not …