1st Edition
Organizing for Independence Secessionist Protest, Organizational Change, and the Referendum Crisis in Catalonia
By Hans Jonas Gunzelmann
Copyright 2024
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
Independence protests are on the rise across Europe, as Spain, the UK, and other states have faced severe secessionist challenges. The largest wave of these protests swept Catalonia and reached its peak in 2017 when the push for a binding referendum led to an unprecedented secessionist crisis. Organizing for Independence explores the question of how the referendum crisis as a threat and... Read more
List of Figures and Tables, List of Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Conceptual and Theoretical Framework, 3 The Catalan Secessionist Protest Cycle: Intensity, Action Repertoires, and Organizational Structures, 4 Crisis Organizing: From Normal Times to Intense Times, 5 Organizing Eventful Protest: Defending the Referendum, 6 The Day that Lasted Years: Making Sense of the Referendum, 7 Organizing Under Pressure: Dealing with Repression, 8 Conclusion: The Transformative Power of Secessionist Crises, Appendix, References, Index
Biography
Hans Jonas Gunzelmann is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Civil Society Research at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He most recently published “Counter-surveillant Organizing during the Secessionist Cycle of Contention in Catalonia” in Social Movement Studies.
