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<\/span><\/div>Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter<\/h4>\n<\/div>Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n<\/div>Mapping Civil Society Initiatives<\/a>
\nDiscourses of Cohesion<\/a>
\nSubjects of Cohesion<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>Mail: swen.hutter@fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nWebsites:
\nwww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nwww.swen-hutter.eu<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Short Vita<\/h4>\n<\/div>I am a Professor of Political Sociology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universit\u00e4t and the Berlin Social Science Center WZB.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What I find exciting about this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n<\/div>Mapping Civil Society Initiatives<\/a>
\nDiscourses of Cohesion<\/a>
\nSubjects of Cohesion<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>Mail: swen.hutter@fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nWebsites:
\nwww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nwww.swen-hutter.eu<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Short Vita<\/h4>\n<\/div>I am a Professor of Political Sociology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universit\u00e4t and the Berlin Social Science Center WZB.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What I find exciting about this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Mapping Civil Society Initiatives<\/a>
\nDiscourses of Cohesion<\/a>
\nSubjects of Cohesion<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>Mail: swen.hutter@fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nWebsites:
\nwww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nwww.swen-hutter.eu<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Short Vita<\/h4>\n<\/div>I am a Professor of Political Sociology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universit\u00e4t and the Berlin Social Science Center WZB.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What I find exciting about this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Mail: swen.hutter@fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nWebsites:
\nwww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de<\/a>
\nwww.swen-hutter.eu<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Short Vita<\/h4>\n<\/div>I am a Professor of Political Sociology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universit\u00e4t and the Berlin Social Science Center WZB.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What I find exciting about this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Short Vita<\/h4>\n<\/div>I am a Professor of Political Sociology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universit\u00e4t and the Berlin Social Science Center WZB.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What I find exciting about this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
I am a Professor of Political Sociology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universit\u00e4t and the Berlin Social Science Center WZB.<\/p>\n<\/div>
What I find exciting about this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Public debates suggest that more polarization implies less social cohesion. However, a closer look at civil society and citizens\u2019 engagement indicates how strongly these two dynamics are intertwined. We should not too hastily interpret indications pointing in one direction or the other. In our initiative, we want to understand better what kind of interactions in civil society might trigger such ambivalent dynamics, ranging from interactions in small group encounters via issue-specific networks of activists and bystanders to broader public discourses. Such an ambition calls for a genuinely inter- and transdisciplinary approach that connects different levels of analysis and brings together academics and partners from civil society and politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative<\/h4>\n<\/div>Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Political sociology shows how the basis of European politics is currently in flux due to the rise of new structuring conflicts that crosscut and, in part, accentuate traditional social and political divides. This process has not only brought new issues to the forefront of political conflict (especially immigration and European integration), but it has also fundamentally affected the landscapes and dynamics of political mobilization in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Five key publications<\/h4>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>
Bremer, Bj\u00f6rn, Swen Hutter, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2020. Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 59(4): 842-866. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics<\/em>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Hutter, Swen and Endre Borb\u00e1th. 2019. Challenges from left and right: The long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe, European Societies<\/em> 43(4): 795-818. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Hutter, Swen, Edgar Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Mass Politics and Integration<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis<\/em>.<\/strong> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. LINK <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>