Protest Politics in a Changing Political Context: Switzerland, 1975–2005

Hutter, Swen; Giugni, Marco

doi:10.1002/j.1662-6370.2009.tb00141.x

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“…This kind of data, which has been gathered in two large waves, contains systematic information on all kinds of protest events, and covers all Monday issues from quality newspapers Hutter and Giugni 2009;Hutter 2011;Strijbis, 2014). For this study the data is available for seven European countries (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and the United Kingdom).…”

Section: Protest Event Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond opportunity structures: explaining migrant protest in Western Europe, 1975–2005

Strijbis

2015

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The dominance of the political opportunity structure approach has led to an emphasis of institutional variables in the field of migrant mobilization. This paper critically discusses political opportunity structure theory and defends alternative explanations for variance in levels of ethnic protest among migrants. In particular, it is argued that cultural distance, social stratification, and transnational bonds might be the driving forces behind the political mobilization of migrants. The theories are tested with protest event data for seven European countries between 1975 and

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Section: Protest Event Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond opportunity structures: explaining migrant protest in Western Europe, 1975–2005

Strijbis

2015

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“…So far, Austria does not qualify as what Meyer and Tarrow (1998) call a "social movement society," in which protest activities constitute a major factor in shaping politics and society. For Switzerland, several studies discerned, in general, an open institutional context for protest (Hutter and Giugni 2009;Balsiger 2016). Interestingly, protest by immigrants or against the reception of new asylum seekers is almost non-existent in Switzerland; only anti-deportation protest could be detected.…”

Section: The Role Of National Contextsmentioning

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Political Protest in Asylum and Deportation. An Introduction

Rosenberger

2018

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European societies have been confronted with rapid social and cultural transformation, which took on a new magnitude with the "long summer of migration" in 2015.In general, the perceptions and experiences of change never go uncontested; change gives rise to conflicts and struggles over collective identities, policy, and legal responses. International migration flows and related issues such as asylum and the deportation of non-citizens have grown into one of Europe's most controversial and politicized topics. Political parties campaign on these issues, but there is also political protest articulated by movements, activists, grassroots organizations and ordinary citizens. These acts of resistance are gaining in qualitative and quantitative importance. They include voices for more liberal and open stances towards migration on the one hand, and voices calling for greater deterrents and coercive policy approaches on the other (Daphi 2016; Simsa 2017).However, although it has recently intensified, this contestation from below is by no means new. As early as the 1980s, migrants, citizens, and advocacy groups were siding with migrants and asylum seekers, promoting inclusion and legal and social rights. The same is true for the right-wing groups acting collectively against immigrants and asylum seekers, marching in cities, attacking accommodation centers, and petitioning for stricter asylum regulations towards newcomers. In short, there is a history of political protest around migration, which has intervened in political processes, challenged representative authorities, and affected public debate and policymaking (Kriesi 2011;Caiani and Borri 2016;Cinalli 2016).Research on political protest and contestation in areas like migration, asylum, and deportation constitutes a growing academic field. More recently, anti-deportation campaigns as well as migrant struggles and refugee activism have received a great deal of scholarly attention

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“…Protest mobilizations were more numerous in Switzerland in the 1980s than they are today (Hutter/Giugni 2009). By comparison to other European countries, Switzerland had a high level of "overall mass mobilization" (Kriesi et al 1992, 226).…”

Section: Protest Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The importance of public opinion is acknowledged by the authorities; criticism from the bottom is taken seriously at the top. As highlighted by Vatter (2008in Hutter/Giugni 2009, Switzerland is a "case of weak state and consensus democracy". First, this means that the state delegates tasks such as humanitarian aid to NGOs (Balsiger 2016, 293).…”

Section: Protest Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…(1996, 24) During the last decades of the twentieth century, new social movements (NSMs) arose in Switzerland. Each NSM has marked a particular era in terms of the number of protest events: the anti-nuclear movement (1970s), the peace movement and urban movements (1980s), and the global justice movement (2000s) (Balsiger 2016;Hutter/Giugni 2009). The transition from the old labor movement to NSMs is due to "the pacification of the traditional class cleavage in Switzerland and the importance of a new cleavage in the middle class" (Balsiger 2016, 289-290).…”

Section: Protest Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

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