Contentious Politics in the Transnational Arena

Chiara Milan is Assistant Professor in Political Sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, and coordinator of the Jean Monnet Network “Transnational Political Contention in Europe” (TraPoCo). Aron Buzogány is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU) in Vienna and member of the Jean Monnet Network “Transnational Political Contention in Europe” (TraPoCo).

• 1.The Transnationalization of Political Contention in Europe and its Wider Neighbourhood During the Political Backlash: an Introduction.- Part I: Seizing the Opportunities of the EU Multilevel Governance Framework.- 2. Seizing Transnational Opportunities in Times of Political Backlash: The Transformation of Civil Society Organizations’ Activism in Italy.- 3. The Contentious Politics of Migration in the EU: The Effects of Organisations’ Internal Dynamics on Transnational Networking.- 4. Contemporary Feminism as a Transnational Wave: Multilevel Opportunities, Processes of Diffusion and Common Challenges.- Part II: Framing Europe.- 5. Transnationalization vs Eco-Nationalism: Discursive Framing of Environmental Struggles in Serbia.- 6. Towards a Transnational Public Sphere? The New Climate Movement and the European Union.- 7. Defending the Status Quo: the Dilemmas of Anti-Brexit Activism After the 2016 Referendum.- 8. The EU’s Human Rights Promotion in the South Caucasus: Underpinning Logics and Alternative Imaginations.- Part III: Scaling Contention Upwards Through Transnational Networks.- 9. Supranational Pressures and Multilevel Responses: Healthcare Activism in the Era of the EU’s New Economic Governance Regime.- 10. The Transnationalization of the Far-Right: Between Movements and Parties.- 11. Scaling-up Contention at a Euro-Mediterranean Level: Non-State Actors Navigating Between Bureaucratic Alliances and Contentious Strategies.- 12. Horizontal and Vertical Integration and Transnational Labour Activism: A Power Resource Approach.- 13. Transnationalizing Contention: Some Conclusions.