Political configuration
Political mobilisation

Number of participants at protests by five social movements 1976–2006

Definitions/Comments: Indicated: events of protest (e.g. petitions, demonstrations, blockages and attacks). Not included are popular initiatives and referenda, purely communicative actions and the foundation of organisations. Data are based on the coverage of such events in the most important newspapers (Monday edition). Anti-globalisation events have only been coded separately since 2000, for former years they are included in other categories (mostly the solidarity and peace movements).

Source: Research project ‘Nouveaux mouvements sociaux dans les années 1980’ (Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Geneva, Département de science politique) for years 1975–1989); Research project ‘Etude des impacts des mouvements sociaux’ (Marco Giugni, University of Geneva, Département de science politique) for years1990–1999; Research project ‘Nationaler politischer Wandel in entgrenzten Räumen’ (Hanspeter Kriesi and Edgar Grande, University of Zurich und Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich) for years 2000–2005. Data preparation: Sven Hutter.

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Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.