ABSTRACT
In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States experienced a massive social movement, the Civil Rights Movement, which changed the American political, legal, and social systems. In 2008, the Tea Party made a major splash in American politics and, in 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement began. However, social movements have not been seen only in America. In recent years, Europe has experienced the rise of the radical right, and in the Middle East, the “Arab Spring” has resulted in the overthrow of dictatorial regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.
