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Dr. Benjamin Abrams

@bdmabrams.bsky.social
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Deputy Chair @UCLSociology.bsky.social Chief Ed. Contention (www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journ…)

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A NEW Open Access issue of Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest is now live! View the TOC and more here: bit.ly/49f3Nmv The 2026 volume of Contention is Open Access as part of the Berghahn Open Society program: bit.ly/44H6aw0 @bdmabrams.bsky.social
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Looking forward to the publication of a new book co-authored by @bdmabrams.bsky.social on understanding democracy drawing on five sources of knowledge. uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...
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The Sciences of the Democracies
The field of democracy studies is more constricted than it needs to be, as researchers, for all their insights, continue to study only fragments of democracy in isolation from each other. Seeking chan...
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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"Amid harsher sanctions on disruptive protest, activism is now fighting to save itself, in a last-ditch effort to unknot the noose of state power before it tightens around their necks." So what’s next for protest? @bdmabrams.bsky.social writes in the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/opinion/acti...
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The way we protest is changing. So how did we get here?
The right to protest is under threat, so people are finding different ways to make their voices heard. This is the changing face of activism.
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The latest issue of Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest is out now! View the TOC for this special issue on "Transformative Events In Contentious Politics" here: bit.ly/4oUZeDc @bdmabrams.bsky.social @myriahmed.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social @smokegatherer.bsky.social
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Are we entering a new age of revolutionary theory? In his review article, Abrams tells the story of revolutionary theory from Karl Marx's death to the present and evaluates where current scholarship is heading.
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New Review Article on Fast Track by Benjamin Abrams, “A Revolution in Revolutionary Theory?” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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A Revolution in Revolutionary Theory?: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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UCL Sociology Network @uclsociology.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
UCL sociologists: launch your book with the UCL Sociology Network. Our call for book launches to take place in 2025-26 is now open. Closing date: 11am, 24 July 2025 tinyurl.com/y9db4x7z
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Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It was such a pleasure to speak about this on Monday. Thank you @sociologyoxford.bsky.social for such a fantastic audience and stimulating engagement with my work!
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Tareq @teraqerat.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
Habe mit großen Genuss das Buch von Benjamin Abrams gelesen. Hier meine review: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Abrams, Benjamin. 2023. The Rise of the Masses: Spontaneous Mobilization and Contentious Politics - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
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Hans Jonas Gunzelmann @hajogu.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Im neuen Heft des Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen bespreche ich das Buch "The Rise of the Masses" von @bdmabrams.bsky.social. Es trägt dazu bei, spontane Massenmobilisierung zu verstehen und ist eine wichtige Ergänzung zu Organisationsperspektiven auf Protest. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Wie Massen mobilisiert werden
Article Wie Massen mobilisiert werden was published on March 31, 2025 in the journal Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen (volume 38, issue 1).
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UCL Sociology Network @uclsociology.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
We are here! Great to start the end of the year with a new beginning... Hoping we can connect with as many old friends and colleagues here as we used to on twitter/X.
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Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Okay, so I guess we're doing this! Can anyone shoot me some good guides for migrating over from Twitter, duplicating content, and ideally bringing ones' followers with them?
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