Social movements such as the civil rights movement, the environment movement and the women's movement have changed the political landscape of Western democracies in recent decades. If social movements play a crucial role in bringing new issues onto the policy agenda and new actors into the policy process, we need to know more about the life-cycles of social movements and their effects on the Australian polity.

This project explores social movement evolution with reference to the experience of the Australian women's movement.

For more information visit the project page.