Contentious Episodes in the Age of Austerity - Studying the Dynamics of Government–Challenger Interactions

Based on extensive data and analysis of sixty contentious episodes in twelve European countries, this book proposes a novel approach that takes a middle ground between narrative approaches and conventional protest event analysis. Looking particularly at responses to austerity policies in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2008–2015), the authors develop a rigorous conceptual framework that focuses on the interactions between three types of participants in contentious politics: governments, challengers, and third parties. This approach allows political scientists to map not only the variety of actors and actor coalitions that drove the interactions in the different episodes, but also the interplay of repression/concessions/support and of mobilization/cooperation/mediation on the part of the actors involved in the contention. The methodology used will enable researchers to answer old (and new) research questions related to political conflict in a way that is simultaneously attentive to conceptual depth and statistical rigor.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Release date:	May 2023
Editors:	Abel Bojar • Theresa Gessler • Swen Hutter • Hanspeter Kriesi
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-900201-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-00-900201-5
Barcode:	9781009002011

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