Between Conflict and Accommodation? Christian-Democracy and the Rise of “new social movements” 1960s-1990s CALL FOR PAPERS LEUVEN 7-10 JUNE 2023 Starting in the 1960s and continuing over a breeding ground for many of these - To what extent and in what ways were the 1970s and 1980s, a plethora of what movements and their constituency. [...] This trajectories of many individual activists of social movements operating outside political activism put a variety of what and organizations that contributed to the of “traditional” milieus of party politics were often seen as “new” themes and rise of new social movements, or in the and civil society? What can be said for issues on the political agenda. [...] A variety origins of the Green political family as it a view of continuity and exchange? of organizations and movements developed in many Western European - How did “new social movements” staged campaigns on behalf of issues countries. [...] - How did Christian-democratic political These movements were inspired by parties and actors perceive and and projected a radical criticism of The aim of this conference is to analyze respond to the “rebellion of 1968”? existing societal and political structures, the relation, conflicts and exchanges, - What themes and topics caused advocated alternative forms of political between Christian-democr. [...] these “new social movements” were - What was the impact of the rise of interconnected, in real and imagined “new social movements” on Christian- The relation of these new social terms, to Christian-Democracy.
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