Thread by @ManesWeissk

A new special issue! 📚

@swenhutter & I are happy to announce the publication of "New Contentious Politics. Civil Society, Social Movements, and the Polarisation of German Politics". Check out the great contributions! #protest

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @GermanPolJnl (1/11)

Our SI studies "new contentious politics": A #double #transformation of contemporary protest arenas, marked by (1) new issues & claims from the left to the far-right as well as (2) hybrid organisational forms & a close interaction between protest and electoral politics. 🪧 (2/11)

In "Civil Society, Cleavage Structures, and Democracy in Germany", E. #Grande studies the importance of new political #cleavages for understanding protest. Crucially, he points to the ambivalent relationship between civil society & #democracy.

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… (3/11)

In "Taking to the Streets in Germany – #Disenchanted and #Confident #Critics in Mass Demonstrations", P. Daphi, @sehaunss, @Moritz_J_Sommer & @oddprotest study protest surveys & show how participants’ differ in key #attitudes towards politics.

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… (4/11)

In "Forging Plural #Coalitions in Times of Polarisation: Protest for an Open Society in Germany", K. Stjepandić, E. Steinhilper & S. Zajak analyze @Unteilbar_ & effective movement coalition-building based on an #intersectional consciousness. 🪧

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… (5/11)

In "Protests and Polarisation in the Context of Energy Transition and #Climate Policy in Germany: Mindsets and Collective Identities", @JuliaZilles & S. Marg study the normative dimension of (#environmental) cleavage politics. 🌱

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… (6/11)

In "'The Politicisation Game': Strategic Interactions in the Contention Over #TTIP in Germany", @NGheyle & J. Rone focus on a key international #trade conflict & go beyond movement-centrism by analyzing many #players in multiple #arenas. ♟️

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09… (7/11)

In "Protest and Electoral Breakthrough: Challenger Party-Movement Interactions in Germany", @swenhutter, @eborbath & I analyze the rise of #DieLinke & #AfD. We show how street protest can contribute to the breakthrough of political #parties.

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… (8/11)

In "How Political Parties Respond to Pariah Street Protest: The Case of Anti-Corona Mobilisation in Germany", @as_heinze & I study how #parties have responded to #Querdenken & propose a new typology on parties' responses to street protest. 🪧

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… (9/11)

Finally, in "Interventions by the Populist Radical Right in German Civil Society and the Search for Counterstrategies", @WolfgangSchro17, @SamuelGreef, @J_Ten_Elsen & L. Heller address how the far right tries to enter unions, sports & churches.

➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… (10/11)

Thanks to all the excellent contributors for their enthusiasm & to @GermanPolJnl & @TheDanHough for supporting the SI so much.

We hope that many of you will find the contributions #insightful & #inspiring! 🪧📚 (11/11)