Abstract

The three edited volumes that form the focus of this short essay are diverse in their structures, focuses and aims. Nevertheless, three themes of particular import to the discipline come to the fore. In the following, I shall discuss the contributions of the volumes in three areas – frames, discourse and diffusion; the debate on the national vs. the transnational; and finally the issue of power and how it is exercised by and upon social movements – with a view to reflecting on future avenues for research.