Class Gap in Protest Participation - The Comparative Case of Central Eastern and Western Europe

The Class Gap in Protest Participation discusses a theoretically grounded empirical analysis of the relationship between class and protest involvement across Central Eastern and Western Europe.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. On the Intersection of Class and Region
2.1. Class Inequality and Protest Participation
2.2. Uneven Development and Post-socialist transformations
3. Production vs Service workers: Cross-Regional Disparities in Class Composition
4. Inequality, Redistribution and Protest Participation
4.1. Economic Inequality and the Relative Power
4.2. The Role of Labour Market Policies and Safety Nets in the Working-Class Protest Gap
5. Political Mobilisation from the Left
5.1. Union Membership and Mobilizing Infrastructure
5.2 Left Collective Attitudes and the Working-Class Protest Gap
6. Conclusion
Appendix A. Representation of Data across Time by Country (ESS 2002-2018)
Appendix B. Class Structure of Central Eastern and Western Europe based on Oesch 8-class scheme (2002-2018)
Appendix C. The Variance in the Share of Occupational Groups in Post-socialist and Western Europe by Countries based on Oesch 8-class Scheme (2018)
Index

About the author

Viktoriia Muliavka is a postdoctoral researcher of comparative public policy at the University of Bamberg with a doctoral degree in sociology from the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her research and teaching focus on social inequalities, protest participation, welfare state preferences, and democratic resilience. Her work has been published in journals such as Social Movement Studies and Democratization.

Product details

• Authors: Viktoriia Muliavka, Viktoriia (University of Bamberg Muliavka
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032632148
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263214-8
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Routledge Studies in Political Sociology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Eastern Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Regional Studies, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Regional / International studies, Demonstrations & protest movements, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology