Title Contentious episodes in the age of austerity : studying the dynamics of government-challenger interactions / edited by Abel Bojar, Theresa Gessler, Swen Hutter, Hanspeter Kriesi

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in contentious politics Cambridge studies in contentious politics. Contents Introduction: A new approach for studying political contention - a contentious episode analysis / Hanspeter Kriesi, Swen Hutter, Abel Bojar, Argyrios Altiparmakis, Theresa Gessler, Sophia Hunger, Katia Pilati, Julia Schulte-Cloos -- Selecting and coding contentious episodes / Abel Bojar, Swen Hutter, and Sophia Hunger -- The economic and political context of the episodes / Hanspeter Kriesi and Sophia Hunger -- Conceptualizing, measuring, and mapping contentiousness / Theresa Gessler and Swen Hutter -- Actors configurations and coalitions in contentious episodes / Theresa Gessler and Swen Hutter -- Action sequences and their dynamic indicators of contention / Abel Bojar and Argyrios Altiparmakis -- Outcomes : government responsiveness / Sophia Hunger and Julia Schulte-Cloos -- Interaction dynamics in contentious episodes : path-dependence, tit-for tat, and constructive mediation / Abel Bojar and Hanspeter Kriesi -- The governments' reactions to challengers and third-parties / Hanspeter Kriesi -- The effect of repression on protest / Katia Pilati -- Turning points / Abel Bojar -- The Greek case / Argyrios Altiparmakis -- Conclusion / Abel Bojar and Hanspeter Kriesi Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2021) Subject Conflict management -- European Union countries -- Case studies Government, Resistance to -- European Union countries -- Case studies Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Recessions -- European Union countries SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. Conflict management Economic policy Government, Resistance to International economic relations Politics and government Recessions SUBJECT European Union countries -- Politics and government -- Case studies European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Case studies European Union countries -- Economic policy European Economic Community countries -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006824 Subject European Union countries Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Bojar, Abel, 1983- editor. Gessler, Theresa, 1989- editor. Hutter, Swen, 1978- editor. Kriesi, Hanspeter, editor. LC no. 2021025366 ISBN 9781009004367 1009004360

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