Party responses to social movements : challenges and opportunities

Across the West, the explosion of social movement activity since the late 1960s has constituted a "participatory revolution" that has posed profound challenges for formal political parties. Through an analysis of new interviews, institutional documents, and a host of other largely unexploited sources, Daniela R. Piccio provides a rich and empirically grounded exploration of the wide-ranging responses to these movements. Focusing on Italy and the Netherlands since the 1970s, Party Responses to Social Movements demonstrates how political parties have incorporated the demands of movements to a surprising extent, even as both have grappled with fundamental and inevitable tensions between their respective roles and aims.-- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Politics beyond parties 2. Social movements and the traditional left : a cautious reception 3. "And yes it moves!" : the unexpected response of centrist parties to social movements -- Appendix 1 Election outcomes and government coalitions -- Appendix 2 Social movements' themes in party manifestos -- Bibliography -- IndexPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 201