All Quiet on the Protest Scene? Repertoires of Contention and Protest Actors During the Great Recession

Abstract: The choice of specific action repertoires allows protesters to increase their visibility and eventually their success. A rise in protest, i.e. a protest wave, often comes with a qualitative expansion of the conflict, which can take two forms: changes in the action repertoire and a growing diversity of involved actors. In this chapter, we examine the types of protest and the types of actors over time. In so doing, we ask whether and how the Great Recession transformed customary action repertoires in southern, north-western, and eastern Europe. Hence, we show variations in the use of commonplace action forms, i.e. demonstrations, strikes, and confrontational and violent actions. We find that demonstrations and strikes remain the dominant form of protest across regions and time periods, while transformations in the action repertoire of contention, in the form of violent events, took place only in some parts of the south and were short lived. Lastly, we turn to actors and we show that

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 104-127 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: Kriesi, Hanspeter (Hg.), Lorenzini, Jasmine (Hg.), Wüest, Bruno (Hg.), Hausermann, Silja (Hg.): Contention in Times of Crisis: Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries. 2020. S. 104-127. ISBN 978-1-108-89166-0

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Cambridge
• (who): Cambridge University Press
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Hunger, Sophia ; Lorenzini, Jasmine
• Contributor: Kriesi, Hanspeter ; Wüest, Bruno ; Hausermann, Silja

Further information

• DOI: 10.1017/9781108891660.006
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022091414225912279288
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:27 AM CEST