New migrant movements increasingly rely on unconventional forms of protest, which they strategically frame in rational terms, rather than as ‘acts desperation’ that dominate public representations. This article demonstrates this empirically through a prototypical case new activism, employing discourse analysis to explore the collective framing hunger strike involving irregular migrants Greece, ...

Protest bids are often excluded during analysis of contingent valuation method data. It is suggested that this procedure might introduce significant bias. Protest bids are often registered by respondents who may actually place a higheror lower-than-average value on the commodity in question but refuse to pay on the basis of ethical or other reasons, Exclusion of protest bids may therefore bias ...

People who lead anti-authoritarian digitally enabled movements face a leadership visibility dilemma—a necessity to balance security with publicity while mobilizing followers. The article asks how the reliance on instant messaging platforms (IMPs) coordinate protest internally shapes response this dilemma revealed through internal movement organizing analysis. Our case study is social media mobi...

Since the early 2000s, governments in many Western democracies have introduced policies and practices to prevent radicalization violent extremism (PRVE). This has led formation of a new policy arena which an increased number actors are tasked with PRVE work. The diverse set methods involved affect social movements complex ways, but also challenges established knowledge analytical focus research...

Innovative moments (IMs) are exceptions to a client's problematic self-narrative in the therapeutic dialogue. The innovative moments coding system is a tool which tracks five different types of IMs-action, reflection, protest, reconceptualization and performing change. An in-depth qualitative analysis of six therapeutic cases of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) investigated the role of two of the ...

South Africa has high levels of protest. Protest actions are frequently linked to demands for �service delivery�, specifically the lack access housing, water and electricity in poor neighbourhoods. As a result, residents these areas have resorted informal, self-service provision form illegal connections. These self-services assumed two narratives: first, official circles, as criminalised activi...

This paper explores the expression of multiple social identities through coordinated collective action. We propose that perceived compatibility between potentially contrasting identities and perceived legitimacy of protest serve as catalysts for collective action. The present paper maps the context of the "Euromaidan" anti-regime protests in Ukraine and reports data (N = 996) collected through ...