Contentious Politics in Emergency Critical Junctures: Progressive Social Movements during the Pandemic...

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Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)

Contentious Politics in Emergency Critical Junctures

Progressive Social Movements during the Pandemic

Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)

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Cambridge University Press
15 September 2022

Sociology; Comparative politics; Political activism; Demonstrations & protest movements

Series: Elements in Contentious Politics

Social movements have often played an important role in emergencies, mobilising in defence of those rights that they perceive as being at risk or more urgently needed than ever. In general, progressive social movements develop in moments of intense change, mobilising with the aim of turning them to their advantage. the variable mix of challenges and opportunities related to a critical juncture. The specific balance of challenges and opportunities faced by progressive social movements during the Covid-19 crisis is a central question addressed in this volume. Based on existing research on the first phases of the pandemic Covid-19, this Element addresses the ways in with the health emergency had an impact on the repertoire of action, the organizational networks and the collective framing of progressive social movements that adapted to the pandemic conditions and the related crises, but also tried to transform them.

By: Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9781009016483
ISBN 10: 1009016482
Series: Elements in Contentious Politics
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 15 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Progressive social movements during the pandemic: an introduction; 2. Repertoires of contention in the pandemic: between disrupting and caring; 3. Organizing during a pandemic: from the local to the global; 4. Claiming and framing in the pandemic: from fragmentation to convergence; 5. Social movements in the pandemic: some conclusions.