First published in 1996. This study is the product of a collaborative effort that has lasted for more than seven years. This is a project on the comparative analysis of new social movements in Western Europe.

Hanspeter Kriesi, Ruud Koopmans, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Marco G. Giugni

Introduction Part I. General Concepts and Basic Results 1. National Cleavage Structures 2. Institutional Structures and Prevailing Strategies 3. Alliance Structures 4. Social Movement Types and Policy Domains 5. The Dynamics of Protest Waves Part II. Elaborations 6. The Political Construction of the Nuclear Energy Issue 7. Gay Subcultures between Movement and Market 8. The Cross-National Diffusion of Protest 9. Outcomes of New Social Movements