Contentious politics in emergency critical junctures : progressive social movements during the pandemic / Donatella della Porta.

"Social movements have often played an important role in emergencies, mobilizing in defence of those rights that they perceive as being at risk or more urgently needed than ever. In general, progressive social movements develop in moments of intense change, mobilizing with the aim of turning them to...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge elements.
Main Author: Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:Cambridge elements.
Subjects:
Social movements.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Political aspects.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Since 2020
Physical Description:77 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Progressive social movements during the pandemic : an introduction
  • Repertoires of contention in the pandemic : between disrupting and caring
  • Organizing during a pandemic : from the local to the global
  • Claiming and framing in the pandemic : from fragmentation to convergence
  • Social movements in the pandemic : some conclusions.