Katia Pilati
Biographic Data
| ID | 163011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katia Pilati |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katia |
| FAMILY NAME | Pilati |
| SIGNATURE | PILATI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9234-6230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Introduction to the Special Issue: Workers’ representation: challenges within and outside trade unions
What happens to workers' representation when established unions see their central role in giving voice to workers diminish? This Special Issue takes up this pressing question by examining workers' representation confronting established trade unions and the new forms of organizing emerging in its wake. In addressing this question, the Special Issue advances the integration of industrial relations and social movement studies by bridging the gap bet…
Competing for workers’ representation: Established and grassroots unions in the Italian logistics sector
Employment conditions for low-skilled workers are deteriorating across all European countries, leading to the emergence of grassroots unions alongside more established labour organisations. Despite the increasing union heterogeneity characterising corporativist Southern European countries in particular, inter-union relationships have never been emphasised in previous studies. Our article explores the evolving relational landscape of employee repr…
Sindacalismo senza movimento? Le rivendicazioni nei conflitti di lavoro in Italia in tempi di crisi (2008-2018)
L'articolo propone l'analisi aggregata delle rivendicazioni dei conflitti di lavoro espresse dai sindacati e dalle organizzazioni che rappresentano i lavoratori, singolarmente e in alleanze intra-sindacali, per comprendere se queste propongano l'elaborazione di una nuova cultura alternativa a quella neoliberista. Il contesto teorico recupera il concetto di enjeu di A. Touraine. Empiricamente, l'analisi è condotta su un dataset originale costruito…
Labor protests as political responses
Dynamics of Protests and Counterprotests Around Far-Right Politics
The article investigates the dynamics of protests and counterprotests around far-right politics. By drawing on the literature on contentious politics and the far right, we innovatively integrate the predominant actor-based approach with a more comprehensive perspective that encompasses far-right-related issues. Moreover, we expand the concept of counterprotest by including diverse forms of contentious reactions. Empirically, the analysis focuses …
Together we stand? The evolution of online interactions by Southern European LGBTQIA* organizations
Contains fulltext : 329741.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
Protest Demobilization In Post-Revolutionary Settings: Trajectories To Counter-Revolution And To Democratic Transition
This article examines two outcomes of demobilization in post-revolutionary contexts, democratic transition and counter-revolution. Complementing elite-driven approaches, we argue that the way demobilization ends is conditional upon the capacity of challengers to promote enduring alliances. Following a paired controlled comparison, we analyse two cases, Egypt and Tunisia and processes of alliance building and fragmentation preceding the 2013 coup …
Economic and Political Strikes: A Social Movement Unionism Hypothesis
The article i devoted to explain the new form of labour conflict and the relationship between unions and social labour movement in mobilizing workers in Italy since the 2008 economic crises
The insider–outsider divide and contentious politics: The tripartite field of the Italian labour movement
This article examines the consequences of the insider–outsider divide on contentious labour politics. Focussing on work-related collective actions occurring in Italy between 2008 and 2018 (N = 9,935), it is investigated how trade unions and new groups supporting insiders and outsiders are involved in actions that differ in repertoire, scale, issues claimed and by duration. Results show a tripartite field of actors who are engaged in contentious l…
Variety of groups and protests in repressive contexts: The 2011 Egyptian uprisings and their aftermath
This article examines the role of various social groups in shaping protests in repressive contexts. The empirical study focuses on the Egyptian uprisings that started in January 2011. The authors use data collected through semi-structured interviews undertaken between 2011 and 2015 with 58 individuals who had all participated in such protests and who were members of various types of organizations. The results show that, in contrast to the argumen…
Comparing engagement by migrants in domestic and in country-of-origin political activities across European cities
This article aims to investigate levels of migrants and second generations’ engagement in country-of-origin political activities and in domestic political activities. Using data from a population survey of individuals of migrant origin in ten European cities undertaken in 2004–2010, we examine both individual and contextual characteristics shaping engagement in one and in the other scope of action. Findings show that migrants and second generatio…
Between organization and spontaneity of protests: The 2010–2011 Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings
This paper investigates the role of social groups in mobilizing resources for protests in repressive contexts. In particular, it examines the impact of organizations and informal groups on individual engagement in the protests developed in 2010 in Tunisia and in 2011 in Egypt. The empirical analysis draws on the following data sources: the second wave of the Arab Barometer (2010–2011), two focus groups in Egypt conducted between 2011 and 2015 wit…
Gaps in protest activities between natives and individuals of migrant origin in Europe
This article explores gaps in protest engagement between natives and individuals of migrant origin in European cities. It examines migrant–native gaps and second generation–native gaps by associating them with different sources of inequalities: differential individual socio-economic status resources, differential attitudes, and differential characteristics related to migration; differential effects of such factors for natives and for individuals …
Migrants’ Political Participation in Exclusionary Contexts: From Subcultures to Radicalization
This insightful book analyzes the political engagement and marginalization of three of Milan's migrant groups, Filipinos, Egyptians and Ecuadorians. Bringing together data relating to the civic and po
Ethnic and immigrant politics vs. mainstream politics: The role of ethnic organizations in shaping the political participation of immigrant-origin individuals in Europe
Previous scholarship has reported contradictory results regarding the impact of involvement by immigrant-origin individuals (IOIs) in ethnic organizations on political participation. In this article, we assess the effect of involvement in different types of organizations (ethnic, pan-immigrant and native) on participation in various types of political activities. We use cross-national micro-data from a population survey undertaken in 2004–2008 to…
One (Slender) Tree, Many (Social) Roots: Revisiting Immigrant Associations Through a Case Study on Ecuadorians in Italy
Immigrant associations are often assumed to be social phenomena already ‘out there’, while their developmental trajectories and social roots are relatively understudied. Much literature has explored their contribution to the socio-political integration of newcomers, lumping together all of their non-political activities as ‘co-ethnic sociability’. However, their micro-social roots deserve more attention, and the identity and symbolic dimensions o…
Online methodological appendix
Networks and political engagement of migrant organisations in five E uropean cities
This article investigates networks and political actions by migrant organisations in five E uropean cities. It examines how political opportunity structures moderate the impact of organisational networks on organisations' political contacts and protests using data from organisational surveys undertaken between 2005 and 2008 in B udapest, L yon, M adrid, M ilan and Z urich. Results suggest that the political context moderates the role that differe…
The political transnationalism of Ecuadorians in Barcelona, Madrid and Milan: The Role of Individual Resources, Organizational Engagement and the Political Context
In this article, we examine the transnational political engagement of Ecuadorians in three European cities - Barcelona, Madrid and Milan. Drawing on previous studies that emphasize the role of organizational and institutional resources for political mobilization (as well as those that take into consideration respondents' resources and the migration process), we analyse the results of a survey conducted between 2006 and 2008 on approximately 300 E…
Network Resources and the Political Engagement of Migrant Organisations in Milan
This article analyses the political engagement of immigrant organisations in Milan. Theoretically, I discuss three types of resource which may affect this engagement: institutional, group-related and network resources. By using data on 46 immigrant organisations, I examine the role of network resources and how they affect the contacts that immigrant organisations build with Italian political institutions. The study shows that networks among organ…
Interests, Identities, and Relations: Drawing Boundaries in Civic Organizational Fields
This article combines social movement and organizational theory to explore boundary definition in civic organizational fields. Drawing upon evidence from two British cities and applying network analysis to relations between organizations interested in environmental, ethnicity, and migration issues, we show that identities shape network patterns more consistently than interest in specific issues. While this finding supports previous insights from …
Political Context, Organizational Engagement, and Protest in African Countries
This article analyzes levels of protest mobilization in eighteen African countries—by far the region least studied by researchers of protest dynamics. Theoretically, its goal is to integrate the role of organizational engagement into political opportunity approaches to protest mobilization. Empirically, it uses African data to test whether Western-driven theories provide useful insights for analyzing protest dynamics in developing countries. The …
The challenge of measuring immigrant origin and immigration-related ethnicity in Europe
Networks and political engagement of migrant organisations in five E uropean cities
This article investigates networks and political actions by migrant organisations in five E uropean cities. It examines how political opportunity structures moderate the impact of organisational networks on organisations' political contacts and protests using data from organisational surveys undertaken between 2005 and 2008 in B udapest, L yon, M adrid, M ilan and Z urich. Results suggest that the political context moderates the role that differe…
Interests, Identities, and Relations: Drawing Boundaries in Civic Organizational Fields
This article combines social movement and organizational theory to explore boundary definition in civic organizational fields. Drawing upon evidence from two British cities and applying network analysis to relations between organizations interested in environmental, ethnicity, and migration issues, we show that identities shape network patterns more consistently than interest in specific issues. While this finding supports previous insights from …
Ethnic and immigrant politics vs. mainstream politics: The role of ethnic organizations in shaping the political participation of immigrant-origin individuals in Europe
Previous scholarship has reported contradictory results regarding the impact of involvement by immigrant-origin individuals (IOIs) in ethnic organizations on political participation. In this article, we assess the effect of involvement in different types of organizations (ethnic, pan-immigrant and native) on participation in various types of political activities. We use cross-national micro-data from a population survey undertaken in 2004–2008 to…
The political transnationalism of Ecuadorians in Barcelona, Madrid and Milan: The Role of Individual Resources, Organizational Engagement and the Political Context
In this article, we examine the transnational political engagement of Ecuadorians in three European cities - Barcelona, Madrid and Milan. Drawing on previous studies that emphasize the role of organizational and institutional resources for political mobilization (as well as those that take into consideration respondents' resources and the migration process), we analyse the results of a survey conducted between 2006 and 2008 on approximately 300 E…
Between organization and spontaneity of protests: The 2010–2011 Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings
This paper investigates the role of social groups in mobilizing resources for protests in repressive contexts. In particular, it examines the impact of organizations and informal groups on individual engagement in the protests developed in 2010 in Tunisia and in 2011 in Egypt. The empirical analysis draws on the following data sources: the second wave of the Arab Barometer (2010–2011), two focus groups in Egypt conducted between 2011 and 2015 wit…
Network Resources and the Political Engagement of Migrant Organisations in Milan
This article analyses the political engagement of immigrant organisations in Milan. Theoretically, I discuss three types of resource which may affect this engagement: institutional, group-related and network resources. By using data on 46 immigrant organisations, I examine the role of network resources and how they affect the contacts that immigrant organisations build with Italian political institutions. The study shows that networks among organ…
Comparing engagement by migrants in domestic and in country-of-origin political activities across European cities
This article aims to investigate levels of migrants and second generations’ engagement in country-of-origin political activities and in domestic political activities. Using data from a population survey of individuals of migrant origin in ten European cities undertaken in 2004–2010, we examine both individual and contextual characteristics shaping engagement in one and in the other scope of action. Findings show that migrants and second generatio…
Gaps in protest activities between natives and individuals of migrant origin in Europe
This article explores gaps in protest engagement between natives and individuals of migrant origin in European cities. It examines migrant–native gaps and second generation–native gaps by associating them with different sources of inequalities: differential individual socio-economic status resources, differential attitudes, and differential characteristics related to migration; differential effects of such factors for natives and for individuals …
Political Context, Organizational Engagement, and Protest in African Countries
This article analyzes levels of protest mobilization in eighteen African countries—by far the region least studied by researchers of protest dynamics. Theoretically, its goal is to integrate the role of organizational engagement into political opportunity approaches to protest mobilization. Empirically, it uses African data to test whether Western-driven theories provide useful insights for analyzing protest dynamics in developing countries. The …
The insider–outsider divide and contentious politics: The tripartite field of the Italian labour movement
This article examines the consequences of the insider–outsider divide on contentious labour politics. Focussing on work-related collective actions occurring in Italy between 2008 and 2018 (N = 9,935), it is investigated how trade unions and new groups supporting insiders and outsiders are involved in actions that differ in repertoire, scale, issues claimed and by duration. Results show a tripartite field of actors who are engaged in contentious l…
Economic and Political Strikes: A Social Movement Unionism Hypothesis
The article i devoted to explain the new form of labour conflict and the relationship between unions and social labour movement in mobilizing workers in Italy since the 2008 economic crises
Variety of groups and protests in repressive contexts: The 2011 Egyptian uprisings and their aftermath
This article examines the role of various social groups in shaping protests in repressive contexts. The empirical study focuses on the Egyptian uprisings that started in January 2011. The authors use data collected through semi-structured interviews undertaken between 2011 and 2015 with 58 individuals who had all participated in such protests and who were members of various types of organizations. The results show that, in contrast to the argumen…
Protest Demobilization In Post-Revolutionary Settings: Trajectories To Counter-Revolution And To Democratic Transition
This article examines two outcomes of demobilization in post-revolutionary contexts, democratic transition and counter-revolution. Complementing elite-driven approaches, we argue that the way demobilization ends is conditional upon the capacity of challengers to promote enduring alliances. Following a paired controlled comparison, we analyse two cases, Egypt and Tunisia and processes of alliance building and fragmentation preceding the 2013 coup …
One (Slender) Tree, Many (Social) Roots: Revisiting Immigrant Associations Through a Case Study on Ecuadorians in Italy
Immigrant associations are often assumed to be social phenomena already ‘out there’, while their developmental trajectories and social roots are relatively understudied. Much literature has explored their contribution to the socio-political integration of newcomers, lumping together all of their non-political activities as ‘co-ethnic sociability’. However, their micro-social roots deserve more attention, and the identity and symbolic dimensions o…
Competing for workers’ representation: Established and grassroots unions in the Italian logistics sector
Employment conditions for low-skilled workers are deteriorating across all European countries, leading to the emergence of grassroots unions alongside more established labour organisations. Despite the increasing union heterogeneity characterising corporativist Southern European countries in particular, inter-union relationships have never been emphasised in previous studies. Our article explores the evolving relational landscape of employee repr…
Sindacalismo senza movimento? Le rivendicazioni nei conflitti di lavoro in Italia in tempi di crisi (2008-2018)
L'articolo propone l'analisi aggregata delle rivendicazioni dei conflitti di lavoro espresse dai sindacati e dalle organizzazioni che rappresentano i lavoratori, singolarmente e in alleanze intra-sindacali, per comprendere se queste propongano l'elaborazione di una nuova cultura alternativa a quella neoliberista. Il contesto teorico recupera il concetto di enjeu di A. Touraine. Empiricamente, l'analisi è condotta su un dataset originale costruito…
Labor protests as political responses
Online methodological appendix
The challenge of measuring immigrant origin and immigration-related ethnicity in Europe
Interests, Identities, and Relations: Drawing Boundaries in Civic Organizational Fields
This article combines social movement and organizational theory to explore boundary definition in civic organizational fields. Drawing upon evidence from two British cities and applying network analysis to relations between organizations interested in environmental, ethnicity, and migration issues, we show that identities shape network patterns more consistently than interest in specific issues. While this finding supports previous insights from …
Political Context, Organizational Engagement, and Protest in African Countries
This article analyzes levels of protest mobilization in eighteen African countries—by far the region least studied by researchers of protest dynamics. Theoretically, its goal is to integrate the role of organizational engagement into political opportunity approaches to protest mobilization. Empirically, it uses African data to test whether Western-driven theories provide useful insights for analyzing protest dynamics in developing countries. The …
Network Resources and the Political Engagement of Migrant Organisations in Milan
This article analyses the political engagement of immigrant organisations in Milan. Theoretically, I discuss three types of resource which may affect this engagement: institutional, group-related and network resources. By using data on 46 immigrant organisations, I examine the role of network resources and how they affect the contacts that immigrant organisations build with Italian political institutions. The study shows that networks among organ…
Online methodological appendix
Networks and political engagement of migrant organisations in five E uropean cities
This article investigates networks and political actions by migrant organisations in five E uropean cities. It examines how political opportunity structures moderate the impact of organisational networks on organisations' political contacts and protests using data from organisational surveys undertaken between 2005 and 2008 in B udapest, L yon, M adrid, M ilan and Z urich. Results suggest that the political context moderates the role that differe…
The political transnationalism of Ecuadorians in Barcelona, Madrid and Milan: The Role of Individual Resources, Organizational Engagement and the Political Context
In this article, we examine the transnational political engagement of Ecuadorians in three European cities - Barcelona, Madrid and Milan. Drawing on previous studies that emphasize the role of organizational and institutional resources for political mobilization (as well as those that take into consideration respondents' resources and the migration process), we analyse the results of a survey conducted between 2006 and 2008 on approximately 300 E…
One (Slender) Tree, Many (Social) Roots: Revisiting Immigrant Associations Through a Case Study on Ecuadorians in Italy
Immigrant associations are often assumed to be social phenomena already ‘out there’, while their developmental trajectories and social roots are relatively understudied. Much literature has explored their contribution to the socio-political integration of newcomers, lumping together all of their non-political activities as ‘co-ethnic sociability’. However, their micro-social roots deserve more attention, and the identity and symbolic dimensions o…
Migrants’ Political Participation in Exclusionary Contexts: From Subcultures to Radicalization
This insightful book analyzes the political engagement and marginalization of three of Milan's migrant groups, Filipinos, Egyptians and Ecuadorians. Bringing together data relating to the civic and po
Ethnic and immigrant politics vs. mainstream politics: The role of ethnic organizations in shaping the political participation of immigrant-origin individuals in Europe
Previous scholarship has reported contradictory results regarding the impact of involvement by immigrant-origin individuals (IOIs) in ethnic organizations on political participation. In this article, we assess the effect of involvement in different types of organizations (ethnic, pan-immigrant and native) on participation in various types of political activities. We use cross-national micro-data from a population survey undertaken in 2004–2008 to…
Gaps in protest activities between natives and individuals of migrant origin in Europe
This article explores gaps in protest engagement between natives and individuals of migrant origin in European cities. It examines migrant–native gaps and second generation–native gaps by associating them with different sources of inequalities: differential individual socio-economic status resources, differential attitudes, and differential characteristics related to migration; differential effects of such factors for natives and for individuals …
Between organization and spontaneity of protests: The 2010–2011 Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings
This paper investigates the role of social groups in mobilizing resources for protests in repressive contexts. In particular, it examines the impact of organizations and informal groups on individual engagement in the protests developed in 2010 in Tunisia and in 2011 in Egypt. The empirical analysis draws on the following data sources: the second wave of the Arab Barometer (2010–2011), two focus groups in Egypt conducted between 2011 and 2015 wit…
Comparing engagement by migrants in domestic and in country-of-origin political activities across European cities
This article aims to investigate levels of migrants and second generations’ engagement in country-of-origin political activities and in domestic political activities. Using data from a population survey of individuals of migrant origin in ten European cities undertaken in 2004–2010, we examine both individual and contextual characteristics shaping engagement in one and in the other scope of action. Findings show that migrants and second generatio…
Variety of groups and protests in repressive contexts: The 2011 Egyptian uprisings and their aftermath
This article examines the role of various social groups in shaping protests in repressive contexts. The empirical study focuses on the Egyptian uprisings that started in January 2011. The authors use data collected through semi-structured interviews undertaken between 2011 and 2015 with 58 individuals who had all participated in such protests and who were members of various types of organizations. The results show that, in contrast to the argumen…
Economic and Political Strikes: A Social Movement Unionism Hypothesis
The article i devoted to explain the new form of labour conflict and the relationship between unions and social labour movement in mobilizing workers in Italy since the 2008 economic crises
The insider–outsider divide and contentious politics: The tripartite field of the Italian labour movement
This article examines the consequences of the insider–outsider divide on contentious labour politics. Focussing on work-related collective actions occurring in Italy between 2008 and 2018 (N = 9,935), it is investigated how trade unions and new groups supporting insiders and outsiders are involved in actions that differ in repertoire, scale, issues claimed and by duration. Results show a tripartite field of actors who are engaged in contentious l…
Together we stand? The evolution of online interactions by Southern European LGBTQIA* organizations
Contains fulltext : 329741.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
Protest Demobilization In Post-Revolutionary Settings: Trajectories To Counter-Revolution And To Democratic Transition
This article examines two outcomes of demobilization in post-revolutionary contexts, democratic transition and counter-revolution. Complementing elite-driven approaches, we argue that the way demobilization ends is conditional upon the capacity of challengers to promote enduring alliances. Following a paired controlled comparison, we analyse two cases, Egypt and Tunisia and processes of alliance building and fragmentation preceding the 2013 coup …
Competing for workers’ representation: Established and grassroots unions in the Italian logistics sector
Employment conditions for low-skilled workers are deteriorating across all European countries, leading to the emergence of grassroots unions alongside more established labour organisations. Despite the increasing union heterogeneity characterising corporativist Southern European countries in particular, inter-union relationships have never been emphasised in previous studies. Our article explores the evolving relational landscape of employee repr…
Sindacalismo senza movimento? Le rivendicazioni nei conflitti di lavoro in Italia in tempi di crisi (2008-2018)
L'articolo propone l'analisi aggregata delle rivendicazioni dei conflitti di lavoro espresse dai sindacati e dalle organizzazioni che rappresentano i lavoratori, singolarmente e in alleanze intra-sindacali, per comprendere se queste propongano l'elaborazione di una nuova cultura alternativa a quella neoliberista. Il contesto teorico recupera il concetto di enjeu di A. Touraine. Empiricamente, l'analisi è condotta su un dataset originale costruito…
Labor protests as political responses
Dynamics of Protests and Counterprotests Around Far-Right Politics
The article investigates the dynamics of protests and counterprotests around far-right politics. By drawing on the literature on contentious politics and the far right, we innovatively integrate the predominant actor-based approach with a more comprehensive perspective that encompasses far-right-related issues. Moreover, we expand the concept of counterprotest by including diverse forms of contentious reactions. Empirically, the analysis focuses …
Introduction to the Special Issue: Workers’ representation: challenges within and outside trade unions
What happens to workers' representation when established unions see their central role in giving voice to workers diminish? This Special Issue takes up this pressing question by examining workers' representation confronting established trade unions and the new forms of organizing emerging in its wake. In addressing this question, the Special Issue advances the integration of industrial relations and social movement studies by bridging the gap bet…
Political science (20 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Politics (18 works) · Law (15 works) · Law (11 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (7 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (7 works)