Ritual of May Day in Western Europe - Past, Present and Future

Informationen zum Autor Abby Peterson , University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Herbert Reiter , European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Zusammenfassung Explores how May Day demonstrations have evolved and taken different trajectories in different political contexts. By concluding with reflections on the future of the May Day ritual in Western Europe, this title provides a detailed analysis of its evolution as a protest event. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: the myth of May Day, (Rick Fantasia) Introduction: Western European May Day rituals: past, present and future, (Abby Peterson and Herbert Reiter; 1. The origins of May Day: history and memory, (Herbert Reiter) 2. The First of May in Germany and Italy, (Herbert Reiter) 3. The May Day tradition in Finland and Sweden, (Christer Thörnqvist, Tapio Bergholm and Margaretha Mellberg) 4. May Day in Spain - socialist and anarchist traditions, (Eduardo Romanos and José Luis Ledesma) 5. May Day in Britain, (Chris Wrigley) 6. The context of contemporary May Day demonstrations in six European countries, (Abby Peterson) 7. Who takes part in May Day marches?, (Magnus Wennerhag) 8. Why do people demonstrate on May Day?, (Mattias Wahlström) 9. The future of May Day, (Abby Peterson and Herbert Reiter) Appendix: methods for studying May Day demonstrators: sampling, estimating non-response bias and pooling data with general population surveys, (Mattias Wahlström and Magnus Wennerhag) Index

Product details

• Authors: Abby Peterson, Abby Reiter Peterson, Peterson Abby, Herbert Reiter, Reiter Herbert
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2016
• EAN: 9781472415271
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-1527-1
• Series: The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture; The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social and cultural history, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Sociology: work & labour, Demonstrations & protest movements, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General