Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis

Abstract

Austerity and Protest: Debates and Challenges, (Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso) PART I: AUSTERITY, ECONOMIC GRIEVANCES, AND PROTEST POLITICS 1. Political Mobilization in Times of Crises: The Relationship between Economic and Political Crises, (Hanspeter Kriesi) 2. At the Ballot Boxes or in the Streets and Factories: Economic Contention in the Visegrad Group, (Ondrej Cisar and Jiri Navratil) PART II: SOCIAL BASES OF PROTEST IN TIMES OF AUSTERITY 3. Are Anti-Austerity Movements 'Old' or 'New'?, (Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni) 4. Does Class Matter in Protests? Social Class, Attitudes towards Inequality, and Political Trust in European Demonstrations in a Time of Economic Crisis, (Anders Hylmo and Magnus Wennerhag) PART III: PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS AND PARTICIPATION 5. Bridging the Protest Macro-Micro Gap: Investigating the Link between Motivations, Political Efficacy and Political Context, (Pauline Ketelaars) 6. Trust and Efficacy Taking to the Streets in Times of Crisis: Variation among Activists, (Massimiliano Andretta, Lorenzo Bosi, and Donatella della Porta) PART IV: COLLECTIVE INTERESTS AND SOLIDARITY 7. Beneficiary and Conscience Constituencies: On Interests and Solidarity, (Bert Klandermans, Jacquelien van Stekelenburg, and Marie-Louise Damen) 8. Anti-Cuts Protests in the UK: Are We Really All in This Together?, (Clare Saunders, Silke Roth, and Cristiana Olcese) PART V: AUSTERITY, PROTEST, AND THE LABOR MARKET 9. A Tale of Two Crises: Contentious Responses to Anti-Austerity Policy in Spain, (Camilo Cristancho) 10. Feelings of Hardship and Anxiety for Contentious Politics: Economic Crisis and the Unemployed Youth in France, (Manlio Cinalli and Pavlos Vasilopoulos) Austerity and Protest: Lessons and Future Research, (Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso)