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Advance praise: 'Using a rich database, which covers protesters marching on different issues, in several years, in various countries, Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso illuminate the paths of (contentious) participation by Europeans, the social bases for the protest, the interaction between protest and institutional politics, the micro-dynamics of mobilization, the emotional dimension of protests and demonstrators' motivations.' Donatella della Porta, Director of the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos) and Dean of the Institute for Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Advance praise: 'In this unprecedented book, Giugni and Grasso give us the most comprehensive, comparative study of protest participation produced to date. Drawing on surveys from some 15,000 individuals involved in 71 protests in seven countries, the authors paint a rich portrait of the similarities and differences in the characteristics and motivations of those who protest in different movements and in varying national contexts. A must read for all social movement scholars.' Doug McAdam, co-author of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America Advance praise: 'This is a comprehensive study of the individual participants in street demonstrations. It provides an excellent account of who the 'street citizens' are, why they demonstrate and how they engage in politics. Drawing on a variety of research traditions from political science, sociology and social psychology, and based on a unique set of surveys of participants in demonstrations, the study not only confirms much of the received wisdom about protest politics, but also points to some subtle transformations - the 'pluralization' of the participants, the blending of economic and cultural issues in demonstrations, and the increasing overlap of conventional and contentious politics.' Hanspeter Kriesi, Stein Rokkan Chair of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence Advance praise: 'Using a rich database, which covers protesters marching on different issues, in several years, in various countries, Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso illuminate the paths of (contentious) participation by Europeans, the social bases for the protest, the interaction between protest and institutional politics, the micro-dynamics of mobilization, the emotional dimension of protests and demonstrators' motivations.' Donatella della Porta, Director of the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos) and Dean of the Institute for Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Advance praise: 'In this unprecedented book, Giugni and Grasso give us the most comprehensive, comparative study of protest participation produced to date. Drawing on surveys from some 15,000 individuals involved in 71 protests in seven countries, the authors paint a rich portrait of the similarities and differences in the characteristics and motivations of those who protest in different movements and in varying national contexts. A must read for all social movement scholars.' Doug McAdam, co-author of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America Advance praise: 'This is a comprehensive study of the individual participants in street demonstrations. It provides an excellent account of who the `street citizens' are, why they demonstrate and how they engage in politics. Drawing on a variety of research traditions from political science, sociology and social psychology, and based on a unique set of surveys of participants in demonstrations, the study not only confirms much of the received wisdom about protest politics, but also points to some subtle transformations - the `pluralization' of the participants, the blending of economic and cultural issues in demonstrations, and the increasing overlap of conventional and contentious politics.' Hanspeter Kriesi, Stein Rokkan Chair of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence

'Using a rich database, which covers protesters marching on different issues, in several years, in various countries, Marco Giugni and Maria T. Grasso illuminate the paths of (contentious) participation by Europeans, the social bases for the protest, the interaction between protest and institutional politics, the micro-dynamics of mobilization, the emotional dimension of protests and demonstrators' motivations.' Donatella della Porta, Director of the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos) and Dean of the Institute for Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa 'In this unprecedented book, Giugni and Grasso give us the most comprehensive, comparative study of protest participation produced to date. Drawing on surveys from some 15,000 individuals involved in 71 protests in seven countries, the authors paint a rich portrait of the similarities and differences in the characteristics and motivations of those who protest in different movements and in varying national contexts. A must read for all social movement scholars.' Doug McAdam, co-author of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America 'This is a comprehensive study of the individual participants in street demonstrations. It provides an excellent account of who the 'street citizens' are, why they demonstrate and how they engage in politics. Drawing on a variety of research traditions from political science, sociology and social psychology, and based on a unique set of surveys of participants in demonstrations, the study not only confirms much of the received wisdom about protest politics, but also points to some subtle transformations - the 'pluralization' of the participants, the blending of economic and cultural issues in demonstrations, and the increasing overlap of conventional and contentious politics.' Hanspeter Kriesi, Stein Rokkan Chair of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Florence '… well articulated and will be useful as benchmarks for discussion of street-level political activism.' J. Brigham, Choice '… [Street Citizens] useful as a broad orientation to protests in Europe.' Pamela Oliver, American Journal of Sociology 'Street Citizens makes a truly important contribution to a wider literature, from electoral behaviour and political participation to social movements and contentious politics. A book that is highly recommended to everyone - students and scholars alike - who wants to understand the dynamics of individual participation in protest and social movement mobilization.' Sotirios Karampampas, Democratization

Advance praise: 'Using a rich database, which covers protesters marching on different issues, in several years, in various countries, Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso illuminate the paths of (contentious) participation by Europeans, the social bases for the protest, the interaction between protest and institutional politics, the micro-dynamics of mobilization, the emotional dimension of protests and demonstrators' motivations.' Donatella della Porta, Director of the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos) and Dean of the Institute for Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Advance praise: 'In this unprecedented book, Giugni and Grasso give us the most comprehensive, comparative study of protest participation produced to date. Drawing on surveys from some 15,000 individuals involved in seventy-two protests in seven countries, the authors paint a rich portrait of the similarities and differences in the characteristics and motivations of those who protest in different movements and in varying national contexts. A must read for all social movement scholars.' Doug McAdam, co-author of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America

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Marco Giugni is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) at the University of Geneva. His research focuses on social movements and political participation. He is European Editor of Mobilization: An International Quarterly. Maria T. Grasso is Professor at the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (2016) and co-editor of Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis (with M. Giugni, 2015). Her research focuses on political sociology and political engagement.

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