Cosmos

Centro di ricerca sui movimenti sociali, attivo presso la Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (sede di Firenze). Diretto da Donatella della Porta

Cosmos

 

The Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos) is a network located at the Institute of Humanities and Social Science at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence.

It focuses on social movements as part of broader contentious politics. It promotes theoretically-driven empirical analyses on forms, dimensions, causes and impacts of social movements, in established democracies as well as authoritarian regimes.

Particular attention is given to social movements as promoters of democratization processes.

COSMOS activities are organized within five main clusters:

• Democracy and social movements

• Socio-economic structures and contentious politics

• Communication in Political Participation and Mobilization

• Movement parties in time and space

• Political Violence

(dal sito ufficiale di Cosmos)