Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
Around the world, social movements have become legitimate, yet contested, actors in local, national and global politics and civil society, yet we still know relatively little about their longer histories and the trajectories of their development. This series seeks to promote innovative historical research on the history of social movements in the modern period since around 1750. We bring together conceptually-informed studies that analyse labour movements, new social movements and other forms of protest from early modernity to the present. We conceive of 'social movements' in the broadest possible sense, encompassing social formations that lie between formal organisations and mere protest events. We also offer a home for studies that systematically explore the political, social, economic and cultural conditions in which social movements can emerge. We are especially interested in transnational and global perspectives on the history of social movements, and in studies that engage critically and creatively with political, social and sociological theories in order to make historically grounded arguments about social movements. This new series seeks to offer innovative historical work on social movements, while also helping to historicise the concept of 'social movement'. It hopes to revitalise the conversation between historians and historical sociologists in analysing what Charles Tilly has called the 'dynamics of contention'.
Alan Kirkaldy (2022)
Everyday Communists in South Africa's Liberation StruggleThe Lives of Ivan and Lesley Schermbrucker
G. Arunima, Patricia Hayes, Premesh Lalu (Eds.) (2021)
Love and Revolution in the Twentieth-Century Colonial and Postcolonial WorldPerspectives from South Asia and Southern Africa
Mathieu Fulla, Marc Lazar (Eds.) (2020)
European Socialists and the State in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Tommaso Milani (2020)
Hendrik de Man and Social DemocracyThe Idea of Planning in Western Europe, 1914–1940
Stefano Bellucci, Holger Weiss (Eds.) (2020)
The Internationalisation of the Labour QuestionIdeological Antagonism, Workers’ Movements and the ILO since 1919
Kacper Szulecki (2019)
Dissidents in Communist Central EuropeHuman Rights and the Emergence of New Transnational Actors
Stefan Berger, Alexandra Przyrembel (2019)
Moralizing CapitalismAgents, Discourses and Practices of Capitalism and Anti-Capitalism in the Modern Age
Stefan Berger, Christoph Cornelissen (Eds.) (2019)
Marxist Historical Cultures and Social Movements during the Cold WarCase Studies from Germany, Italy and Other Western European States
Prudence Flowers (2019)
The Right-to-Life Movement, the Reagan Administration, and the Politics of Abortion
Sian Edwards (2018)
Youth Movements, Citizenship and the English CountrysideCreating Good Citizens, 1930-1960
Stefan Berger, Sean Scalmer (Eds.) (2018)
The Transnational ActivistTransformations and Comparisons from the Anglo-World since the Nineteenth Century
Stefan Berger, Marcel Boldorf (Eds.) (2018)
Social Movements and the Change of Economic Elites in Europe after 1945
Jens Späth (Ed.) (2018)
Does Generation Matter? Progressive Democratic Cultures in Western Europe, 1945–1960
Ettore Costa (2018)
The Labour Party, Denis Healey and the International Socialist MovementRebuilding the Socialist International during the Cold War, 1945–1951
Leilah Danielson, Marian Mollin, Doug Rossinow (Eds.) (2018)
The Religious Left in Modern AmericaDoorkeepers of a Radical Faith
Tamar Groves, Nigel Townson, Inbal Ofer, Antonio Herrera (2017)
Social Movements and the Spanish TransitionBuilding Citizenship in Parishes, Neighbourhoods, Schools and the Countryside
Ilaria Favretto, Xabier Itcaina (Eds.) (2017)
Protest, Popular Culture and Tradition in Modern and Contemporary Western Europe
Stefan Berger, Holger Nehring (Eds.) (2017)
The History of Social Movements in Global PerspectiveA Survey
Bart van der Steen (Auth.), Knud Andresen (Ed.) (2016)
A European Youth RevoltEuropean Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s
Christian Salm (2016)
Transnational Socialist Networks in the 1970sEuropean Community Development Aid and Southern Enlargement
Peter Ackers, Alastair J. Reid (Eds.) (2016)
Alternatives to State-Socialism in BritainOther Worlds of Labour in the Twentieth Century
Juliane Czierpka, Kathrin Oerters, Nora Thorade (Eds.) (2015)
Regions, Industries, and Heritage.Perspectives on Economy, Society, and Culture in Modern Western Europe
Kasper Braskén (2015)
The International Workers’ Relief, Communism, and Transnational SolidarityWilli Münzenberg in Weimar Germany
Matthias Reiss (2015)
Blind Workers against CharityThe National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970
Inna Shtakser (2014)
The Making of Jewish Revolutionaries in the Pale of SettlementCommunity and Identity during the Russian Revolution and its Immediate Aftermath, 1905–07
