This landmark volume is the first to comprehensively examine the field of social movement studies in a specifically European context. Combining comparative studies of significant issues and movements with focused national studies, this is a bold & uncommonly unified survey that will be essential for scholars & students of European social movements.

List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword James M. Jasper Introduction: “So Many as the Stars of the Sky in Multitude, and as the Sand which is By the Sea Shore Innumerable”: European Social Movement Research in Perspective Guya Accornero and Olivier Fillieule PART I: EUROPEAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Chapter 1. The European Movements of ’68: Ambivalent theories, Ideological Memories and Exciting Puzzles        Erik Neveu Chapter 2. Mobilizing for Democracy: The 1989 Protests in Central  Eastern Europe Donatella della Porta Chapter 3. A Long Awaited Homecoming: The Labour Movement in Social Movement Studies Karel Yon Chapter 4. Beyond Party Politics: The Search for a Unified Approach. Research on Radical Right-wing Movements in Europe Manuela Caiani and Rossella Borri Chapter 5. Fields of Contentious Politics: Migration and Ethnic Relations Manlio Cinalli Chapter 6. Quiescent or Invisible?: Precarious and Unemployed Movements in Europe Marco Giugni and Jasmine Lorenzini Chapter 7. From Antiglobalisation to Global Justice Movement: The Waterloo’s European Battle Isabelle Sommier Chapter 8. Theoretical Perspectives on European Environmental Movements: Transnational and Techological Challenges in the Twenty-first Century Maria Kousis Chapter 9. From Grassroots to Institutions: Women’s Movements Studies in Europe     Laure Bereni and Anne Revillard Chapter 10. Social Movements Facing the Crisis Héloïse Nez PART II: NATIONAL CASES Chapter 11. Social Movements Studies in Britain: ‘No Longer The Poor Relation?’ Brian Doherty, Graeme Hayes and Christopher Rootes Chapter 12. Precarious Research in a Movement Society: Social Movement Studies in Germany Sebastian Haunss Chapter 13. Politics and People: Understanding Dutch Research on Social Movements Jan Willem Duyvendak, Conny Roggeband and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg Chapter 14. From Splendid Isolation To Joining the Concert of Nations: Social Movement Studies in France Olivier Fillieule Chapter 15. Internationalization with Limited Domestic Recognition: Research on Social Movements in Italy Lorenzo Bosi and Lorenzo Mosca Chapter 16. The Land of Opportunities?: Social Movement Studies in Switzerland Philip Balsiger Chapter 17. Studying Movements in a Movement-become-state: Research and Practice in Postcolonial Ireland     Laurence Cox Chapter 18. Successful Social Movement Outcomes without Social Movements?: Research on Swedish Social Movements and Swedish Social Movement Research Abby Peterson Chapter 19. Is Spain Still Different?: Social Movements Research in a Belated Western European Democracy Eduardo Romanos and Susana Aguilar Chapter 20. Revolutionary or Mild-mannered?: Social Movements and Social Movements Studies in Portugal Guya Accornero Chapter 21. From the Centre to the Periphery and Back to the Centre: Social Movements Affecting Social Movement Theory in the Case of Greece Kostis Kornetis and Hara Kouki Chapter 22. A Militant Rather than Scientific Research Object: Social Movements Studies in Turkey Ayşen Uysal Chapter 23. From Democratization to Internationalization: Studying Social Movements in Hungary     Aron Buzogany Chapter 24. Social Movements in Pre- and Post-December 1989 in Romania Laura Nistor Chapter 25. Social Mobilization and the Strong State from the Soviets to Putin: Social Movements in the Soviet Union and Russia     Alfred Evans and Laura Henry Conclusions: Social Movement Studies in Europe: Achievements, Gaps, and Challenges Dieter Rucht Index