This open access book explores how polycrises not only generate new forms of inequality and social exclusion but also inspire new political activism, solidarity, and citizenship. It examines how social movement organizations frame their responses to exclusionary policies and regimes, and sheds light on their strategies for mobilization. By focusing on contemporary movements and their framing of social issues in times of crisis, the book offers valuable insights into social movement studies, urban studies, political communication, and frame analysis. It also engages with broader theoretical and public discussions on solidarity and citizenship. This book is ideal for scholars and students interested in social movements, political struggles, and fields such as migration, housing, and care.
Mojca Pajnik is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Senior Researcher at The Peace Institute where she leads a research group on equality and human rights. She has published in the fields of media and political theory, with a focus on populism, social movements, migration, and gender (in)equality.
Helge Schwiertz is a postdoctoral research associate at the Chair of Sociology and Social Theory at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and leads the ECSEuro project. His key research areas are social and political theory, theories of radical democracy, citizenship, and solidarity, social movements and urban protests, racism and migration.
Donatella della Porta is Professor of Political Science, Founding Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences and Director of the PhD program in Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy, where she also leads the Center on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos).
Franz Bernhardt is a postdoctoral research fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark, and holds a Ph.D. in Human Geography from Swansea University, Wales. His research on the geographies of migration, cities, nationalism, and citizenship has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Political Geography and The Geographical Journal.
Marko Ribać is a research fellow and an assistant at The Peace Institute, Slovenia. His main research topics range from structural transformations of political, journalistic and economic sphere, populism, authoritarianism and illiberalism to popular protests, social movements and alternative media.
