In the spring of 2011, large scale public demonstrations took place in several countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). At the same time, civil unrest caused massive demonstrations in European countries such as Spain, Greece, and Portugal. In this same period, northern and eastern European countries did not experience such massive and widespread social protests. Do both sides of the Mediterranean share the same mindset? Are common challenges and aspirations molding these protests? Without any desire to delineate the complex thread of motivations underlying these demonstrations and protests, we will analyze their socio-economic context using data from ILO reports, UNESCO-ESCWA reports, World Bank statistics and the Barro-Lee...
The European economic crisis has brought economic hardship and prolonged instability to many countri...
In recent years the world has been shaken by protests, from the Arab Spring to the “Indignados” (out...
The recent wave of upheavals and revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East goes back to an old ...
In the spring of 2011, large scale public demonstrations took place in several countries across the ...
Portugal and Spain were among the countries hardest hit by the global financial crisis that led to t...
International audience"In 2011 Occupy movements were set up in France and in Ireland but aside from ...
The 15M movement in Spain (15th May, 2011) is widely regarded as the vanguard of the “networks of ou...
The article addresses Europeanization of social movements in the context of the European Sovereign D...
This paper focuses on the recent cycle of collective action across countries and continents over the...
The European economic crisis has brought economic hardship and prolonged instability to many countri...
This dissertation compares the contentious responses to austerity in Portugal and Spain in the conte...
Social movement research has shed light on the relationship between processes of alliance building a...
The Middle East and North Africa (henceforth MENA) are areas of conflict and opposed perceptions. Th...
M.A. (Politics)The study undertakes to establish whether the Arab uprisings of 2011 can be understoo...
A year after the start of the Tunisian rebellion, Europe’s southern neighbourhood is in turmoil and ...
The European economic crisis has brought economic hardship and prolonged instability to many countri...
In recent years the world has been shaken by protests, from the Arab Spring to the “Indignados” (out...
The recent wave of upheavals and revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East goes back to an old ...
In the spring of 2011, large scale public demonstrations took place in several countries across the ...
Portugal and Spain were among the countries hardest hit by the global financial crisis that led to t...
International audience"In 2011 Occupy movements were set up in France and in Ireland but aside from ...
The 15M movement in Spain (15th May, 2011) is widely regarded as the vanguard of the “networks of ou...
The article addresses Europeanization of social movements in the context of the European Sovereign D...
This paper focuses on the recent cycle of collective action across countries and continents over the...
The European economic crisis has brought economic hardship and prolonged instability to many countri...
This dissertation compares the contentious responses to austerity in Portugal and Spain in the conte...
Social movement research has shed light on the relationship between processes of alliance building a...
The Middle East and North Africa (henceforth MENA) are areas of conflict and opposed perceptions. Th...
M.A. (Politics)The study undertakes to establish whether the Arab uprisings of 2011 can be understoo...
A year after the start of the Tunisian rebellion, Europe’s southern neighbourhood is in turmoil and ...
The European economic crisis has brought economic hardship and prolonged instability to many countri...
In recent years the world has been shaken by protests, from the Arab Spring to the “Indignados” (out...
The recent wave of upheavals and revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East goes back to an old ...