Edited by Thomas Davies, Department of International Politics, City University, London, UKHolly Eva Ryan, Crick Centre, University of Sheffield, UKAlejandro Milciades Pena, Department of Politics, University of York, UK

• Protest, Social Movements and Global Democracy Since 2011: New Perspectives - Thomas Davies, Holly Eva Ryan and Alejandro Milc?ades PenaDo Issues Matter? Anti-Austerity Protests’ Composition, Values, and Action Repertoires Compared - Maria T. Grasso and Marco GiugniOccupying Organization: Space as Organizational Resource in Occupy Wall Street - Gianmarco SavioProtest and Recognition in the Bulgarian Summer 2013 Movement - Delia Hallberg and Marinus OssewaardeChallenging the Gospel of Neoliberalism? Civil Society Opposition to Mining in Armenia - Armine IshkanianTransnational Resistance Networks: New Democratic Prospects? The Lyon-Turin Railway and No TAV Movement - Lisa Ariemma and Judith Burnside-LawryWhen Social Movements Become a Democratizing Force: The Political Impact of the Student Movement in Chile - Sofia Donoso Religion and Political Activism in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia - Anna GrassoAnarchy or Utopia? Turkish Media Representation of the Gezi Park Protests - Zeynep Cihan Koca-Helvac? Saudi Intervention, Sectarianism, and De-Democratization in Bahrain’s Uprising - Marc Owen Jones

Political science and other researchers from Europe, Australia, Chile, and the US present 10 essays on protest, social movements, and global democracy since 2011. After a review of key events and dimensions of these protests, essays address anti-austerity protests, Occupy Wall Street, the Bulgarian Summer 2013 movement, opposition to mining in Armenia, the Lyon-Turin Railway and No TAV movement in Italy, the student movement in Chile, religion and political activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia, Turkish media representation of the Gezi Park protests, and Bahrain's uprising.