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A detailed study of 60 contentious episodes in European politics where governments' austerity policies and institutional reforms were opposed during and after the Great Recession (2008-2015). The book provides methods and tools for the systematic analysis of the interactions between governments, their challengers, and third-party actors.
List of contents
Part I. A New Approach for the Analysis of Contentious Episodes: 1. Introduction: A new approach for studying political contention - contentious episode analysis Hanspeter Kriesi, Swen Hutter, Abel Bojar, Argyrios Altiparmakis, Theresa Gessler, Sophia Hunger, Katia Pilati and Julia Schulte-Cloos; 2. Selecting and coding contentious episodes Hanspeter Kriesi, Swen Hutter, Abel Bojar, Argyrios Altiparmakis, Theresa Gessler, Sophia Hunger, Katia Pilati and Julia Schulte-Cloos; 3. The economic and political context of the episodes Hanspeter Kriesi and Sophia Hunger; Part II. Varieties of Contention: 4. Conceptualizing, measuring and mapping contentiousness Swen Hutter and Theresa Gessler; 5. Actors configurations and coalitions in contentious episodes Swen Hutter and Theresa Gessler; 6. Action sequences and their dynamic indicators of contention Abel Bojar and Argyrios Altiparmakis; 7. Outcomes - government responsiveness Julia Schulte-Cloos and Sophia Hunger; Part III. Dynamics of Interaction: 8. Interaction dynamics in contentious episodes: path-dependence, tit-for tat and constructive mediation Abel Bojar and Hanspeter Kriesi; 9. The governments' reactions to challengers and third-parties Hanspeter Kriesi; 10. The effect of repression on protest Katia Pilati; 11. Turning points Abel Bojar; 12. The Greek case Argyrios Altiparmakis; 13. Conclusion Abel Bojar, Hanspeter Kriesi and Swen Hutter.
About the author
Abel Bojar is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute.Theresa Gessler is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science and the Digital Democracy Lab of the University of Zurich.Swen Hutter is Lichtenberg Professor in Political Sociology at Free University of Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research.Hanspeter Kriesi is a Professor at the European University Institute in Florence.
Summary
A detailed study of 60 contentious episodes in European politics where governments' austerity policies and institutional reforms were opposed during and after the Great Recession (2008-2015). The book provides methods and tools for the systematic analysis of the interactions between governments, their challengers, and third-party actors.
