Political opposition has long been one of the most dramatically understudied elements of
real-world politics in contemporary democratic and authoritarian regimes. The past decade …

Much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis
has focused upon a sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the post-war period …

This article provides a comparative overview of developments in strike activity in western
Europe since the mid-1990s. It uses various indicators to analyse discernible trends over …

As well as introducing the" mainstream" ideologies of Liberalism, Conservatism and
Socialism, this text examines challenges from nationalist, feminist and Green thinkers …

This article discusses the European wave of contention catalysed by the financial market
crash of 2008/9 and the subsequent imposition of austerity measures by governments …

This article explores the different forms of disruptive subjectivity that have developed in the
context of the post-2008 global and European crises. The article traces developments both …

This article explores the terrain of social conflict as it developed across advanced capitalist
democracies throughout the 'age of austerity'that followed the global economic crisis. It …

In this article, we examine three key, recently emergent sites of anti-austerity activism in
Britain–Left Unity, the People's Assembly and Occupy–in order to explore to what extent and …

The decline of the power of organised labour, which is a central feature of neoliberalism,
was compounded during the 'age of austerity'. Yet, the potentially disruptive agency of …

This thematic issue provides the first comprehensive overview of women opposition leaders
and their performance. Setting the stage for a new research agenda, this editorial piece …