Overview
Is the process of European integration shifting the targets of social movements from the national arena to the European level? Does the EU remain isolated from the reach of national democratic politics? Or are social movements responding to the transnational issues posed by the European Union, but continuing to do so by treading the traditional pathways of nation-specific contentious politics? Addressing these key questions, this volume explores how European citizens are responding to the growing policymaking power of the EU. The contributors argue that the emergence of a supernational realm of European government offers new opportunities and constraints for domestic social actors. The book presents a newly developed theoretical framework, which is tested against the evidence offered by the editor's longitudinal and cross-national database on contentious political action, as well as by a series of sector-specific case studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Doug Imig ,
Sidney Tarrow ,
Evelyn Bush ,
Virginie Guiraudon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.70cm
Weight: 0.458kg
ISBN: 9780742500846
ISBN 10: 0742500845
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 17 July 2001
Audience:
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An important work [that] firmly establishes the relationship between social movement literature and European integration studies. . . . Contentious Europeans is rich in detail and judicious in conclusions, and the case studies are first-rate in terms of information and evaluation....--Robert Ladrech Eusa Journal
Imig and Tarrow have assembled a group of scholars who are at the cutting edge of new methodologies and current political and social transformations. . . . Rich and provocative research. . . . Strongly recommended. * Choice Reviews * An important work [that] firmly establishes the relationship between social movement literature and European integration studies. . . . Contentious Europeans is rich in detail and judicious in conclusions, and the case studies are first-rate in terms of information and evaluation. -- Robert Ladrech * Race Relations Abstracts * As a study that contributes in multiple ways to two important topics of research, the authors should be praised for their methodological approach as well as for their ability to present a clear typology of social movements' activity within the EU context. All the chapters in the book contribute to shift the focus of analysis from a merely cross-border approach, to the potential for more comprehensive levels of action. * European Political Science * Imig and Tarrow's latest publication is a pioneering work in the field of social movements. It introduces a European dimension to contentious politics, an brings together in one analysis various groups organized around a wide range of issues. * E-Extreme * This is an attractive and valuable collection of scholarship. This is research at its best, and the book deserves wide readership. * American Journal of Sociology * Thoughtful and open-minded, lucid and carefully organized…. It is at the cutting edge of debate about both the European Union and social movements…. This is research at its best, and the book deserves wide readership. -- John A. Hall, McGill University * Contemporary Sociology *
Author Information
Doug Imig is associate professor of political science at the University of Memphis. Sidney Tarrow is Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Sociology at Cornell University.
