Protest and Social Movements
About the Book Series
Recent years have seen an explosion of protest movements around the world, and academic theories are racing to catch up with them. This series aims to further our understanding of the origins, dealings, decisions, and outcomes of social movements by fostering dialogue among many traditions of thought, across European nations and across continents. All theoretical perspectives are welcome. Books in the series typically combine theory with empirical research, dealing with various types of mobilisation, from neighborhood groups to revolutions. We especially welcome work that synthesizes or compares different approaches to social movements, such as cultural and structural traditions, micro- and macro-social, economic and ideal, or qualitative and quantitative.
Social Media Activism: Water as a Common Good
1st Edition
By Matteo Cernison
January 09, 2026
This book focuses on the referendums against water privatization in Italy and explores how activists took to social media, ultimately convincing twenty-seven million citizens to vote. Investigating the relationship between social movements and internet-related activism during complex campaigns, ...
Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece
1st Edition
By Haris Malamidis
January 09, 2026
Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece explores the rich grassroots experience of social movements in Greece between 2008 and 2016. The harsh conditions of austerity triggered the rise of vibrant mobilizations that went hand-in-hand with the emergence of numerous ...
Street Politics in the Age of Austerity: From the Indignados to Occupy
1st Edition
Edited
By Marcos Ancelovici, Pascale Dufour
January 09, 2026
The past few years have seen an unexpected resurgence of street-level protest movements around the world, from the uprisings of the Arab Spring to the rise of the anti-austerity Indignados in Spain and Greece to the global spread of the Occupy movement. This collection is designed to offer a ...
The Visual Memory of Protest
1st Edition
Edited
By Ann Rigney, Thomas Smits
January 09, 2026
Social movements are not only remembered in personal experience, but also through cultural carriers that shape how later movements see themselves and are seen by others. The present collection zooms in on the role of photography in this memory-activism nexus. How do iconographic conventions shape ...
Bodies in Protest: Hunger Strikes and Angry Music
1st Edition
By Johanna Siméant, Christophe Traïni, James Jasper
December 01, 2025
Research on social movements has historically focused on the traditional weapons of the working class, especially labour strikes and street demonstrations-but everyday actions, such as eating or singing, which can also be turned into a means of protest, have yet to be fully explored. An ...
Breaking Laws: Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest
1st Edition
By Isabelle Sommier, Graeme Hayes
December 01, 2025
Breaking Laws: Violence and Civil Disobedience in Protest questions the complex relationship between social movements and violence through two contrasted lenses; first through the short-lived radical left wing post '68 revolutionary violence, and secondly in the present diffusion of civil ...
Sexuality, Subjectivity, and LGBTQ Militancy in the United States
1st Edition
By Guillaume Marche
December 01, 2025
As LGBTQ movements in Western Europe, North America, and other regions of the world are becoming increasingly successful at awarding LGBTQ people rights, especially institutional recognition for same-sex couples and their families, what becomes of the deeper social transformation that these ...