The World Says No to War studies the rally against the invasion of Iraq in 2003 to  understand who spoke out, why they did, and how so many people were mobilized for a global demonstration. The contributors analyze how the new tools of the Internet were combined with conventional means of mobilization to rally millions around common goals and against common targets. “Stefaan Walgrave…

At the 2009 ECPR General Conference the Protest Survey network organizes a special panel on the issue of protest surveys. More information can be found here. Here is the abstract of the panel: The study of political protest and contentious politics has been mainly…