Efnisyfirlit

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• The first days of the crisis
• The emergence of protest
• The unfolding crisis and the evolution of the protest
• The significance of the Icelandic case: Iceland in global context
• Aims of the book
• Methods
• Book outline
• Notes
• 2 Context of crisis
• Breakdown theories: disruption of personal and social realities
• Implications for the current study
• Political process/opportunity: change in the political context
• Political and discursive opportunities
• Before the collapse: the historical context of the Icelandic financial crisis
• State protectionism and constraints: Iceland through the 1980s
• Globalization and invasion of free market logic: the 1990s
• Capital liberation, “the Outvasion” (Útrásin), and debt accumulation: the 2000s
• Success myths
• Undercurrent of discontent
• Warnings dismissed
• After the collapse: convergence of quotidian disruption and credibility crisis
• Disruption of the quotidian and the shared problematic present
• From credibility crunch to foreign threat to legitimacy crisis
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 3 Evolution of protest
• Studying the Icelandic financial crisis protests
• Counting protesters and police: a methodological note
• The emergence and expansion of protest, October and November 2008
• Perceived efficacy and activist innovation
• Waning participation, ongoing radicalization: December 2008
• Threatening mass protest, January 2009
• “The Pots and Pans Revolution”
• Protest threat and government breakup
• Protest participation and support among the general public: survey findings
• Fading protest mobilization, February and March 2009
• Summary: four phases of protest
• Protest policing
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 4 Evolution of discourse
• Framing as bounded (and strategic) innovation
• Studying framing in the Icelandic setting
• Neutralizing the crisis: the diagnostic framing of government leaders
• Emergence of a challenging diagnosis
• Political corruption
• Unfettered neo-liberalism
• Silencing
• A victimized public
• Lost credibility
• Threat to sovereignty
• Action framing
• Prognostic framing: the formulation of shared (minimum) demands
• Motivational framing
• Framing through performance
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 5 Individual mobilization
• Political, social, and economic incentives (and disincentives)
• Indirect effects of frames through social and situational-emotional incentives
• Economic loss, social comparisons, and relative deprivation
• Biographical availability
• Political incentives and protest behavior in the Icelandic setting
• Exposure, illegitimacy, and (lack of) accountability
• Blame
• Political views and perception of opportunity
• Motivational definitions
• Social ties and protest incentives
• Interpersonal “encouragement”
• Social networks, communication networks, and social media
• The protest site as a social attraction
• Perceptions and emotions emerging at the protest site
• Expectations and perceived efficacy
• The lure of “magical moments”
• Disagreement and protest spoilers
• Self-image
• Absolute and relative economic loss
• Social and economic characteristics of protesters (and supporters)
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 6 Conclusion
• The context of the financial Crisis: convergence of conditions conducive to protest
• Implications
• Agency, opportunity, and the dynamics of protest
• Emergence of protest discourse: framing in political, cultural – and global – context
• Individual mobilization: protest incentives in times of crisis
• Epilogue
• Notes
• Appendix A Grounded work
• Discourse analysis
• Semi-structured interviews
• Appendix B Survey data
• Reykjavík area social survey
• Measurement
• Methodological consideration: time of survey interview
• Icelandic national voting study
• Measurement
• Appendix C Regression tables
• References
• Index