The European Union's market integration project has dramatically altered economic activity
around Europe. This book presents extensive evidence on how trade has increased, jobs …

Political opportunity structure refers to the specific features of a political system (eg, a
country) that can explain the different action repertoires, organizational forms and impacts of …

We compare activist-based internet data with four other media sources—Lexis Nexis
Academic Universe, The Seattle Times, Global Newsbank, and The New York Times—on …

According to Eurobarometer survey data, 90 per cent of respondents–at least three quarters
in each Member State–think that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions should be lowered to …

In the first chapter of this book, we outlined why and how civil society participation may
contribute to the democratic legitimacy of governance beyond the nation-state. If one takes …

International protests against global capitalism have focused scholars' attention on the
highly visible activities of transnational activists and advocates; but the tough, incremental …

Trust in the European Union (EU) is falling among its citizens. Before the European elections
of 2014, the first since the Great Recession took full hold, distrust had spread. Opinion polls …

This dissertation examines whether the processes of neoliberal economic transformation at
the end of the twentieth century have changed the main patterns of popular contention and …

In the past 30 years, the application of new biotechnologies, especially those related to
agricultural production and food, have led to sustained concerns and mobilizations by very …

Jonathan Doh and Hildy TeegenFthe editors of Globalization and NGOs: Transforming
Business, Government and SocietyFstate what many social scientists have argued for the …