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The editors of this book examine social movement scholars' use of
contemporary concepts and paradigms in the study of protest as they
analyse the extent to which these tools are valid (or not) in very
different regional - and thus political or cultural - contexts. The
authors posit that 'weakly resourced groups' are a particularly
useful point of departure to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses
of three key social movement schools of analysis: resource
mobilization, political opportunity structures, and frame analysis.
Some of the groups considered in this volume are financially
disadvantaged, lacking money and work; others are economically
disadvantaged, with members having precarious, part-time, or
short-term jobs; some are socially disadvantaged, with fragile
networks of solidarity; others are culturally disadvantaged, with
members continuously victimized, stigmatized and rejected; finally
some are politically disadvantaged when they have little or no
access to decision-making structures. These exclusionary factors
can be cumulative and give way to different outcomes. The chapters
cover a large range of examples including urban riots in France and
in Great Britain, the World Social Forums of Dakar and Nairobi, the
struggles of precarious workers in Italy and Greece, unemployed
mobilization in Germany and Ireland, the mobilization of the Roma
and Muslims in Europe, the Brazilian landless movement, the
mobilization of small farmers in France, as well as mobilization in
authoritarian states such as Morocco and Cuba. This book will be of
interest to scholars, students and activists working within social
movement studies.
The editors of this book examine social movement scholars' use of
contemporary concepts and paradigms in the study of protest as they
analyse the extent to which these tools are valid (or not) in very
different regional - and thus political or cultural - contexts. The
authors posit that 'weakly resourced groups' are a particularly
useful point of departure to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses
of three key social movement schools of analysis: resource
mobilization, political opportunity structures, and frame analysis.
Some of the groups considered in this volume are financially
disadvantaged, lacking money and work; others are economically
disadvantaged, with members having precarious, part-time, or
short-term jobs; some are socially disadvantaged, with fragile
networks of solidarity; others are culturally disadvantaged, with
members continuously victimized, stigmatized and rejected; finally
some are politically disadvantaged when they have little or no
access to decision-making structures. These exclusionary factors
can be cumulative and give way to different outcomes. The chapters
cover a large range of examples including urban riots in France and
in Great Britain, the World Social Forums of Dakar and Nairobi, the
struggles of precarious workers in Italy and Greece, unemployed
mobilization in Germany and Ireland, the mobilization of the Roma
and Muslims in Europe, the Brazilian landless movement, the
mobilization of small farmers in France, as well as mobilization in
authoritarian states such as Morocco and Cuba. This book will be of
interest to scholars, students and activists working within social
movement studies.
The past few years have seen an unexpected resurgence of
street-level protest movements around the world, from the uprisings
of the Arab Spring to the rise of the anti-austerity Indignados in
Spain and Greece to the global spread of the Occupy movement. This
collection is designed to offer a comparative analysis of these
movements, setting them in international, socio-economic, and
cross-cultural perspective in order to help us understand why
movements emerge, what they do, how they spread, and how they fit
into both local and worldwide historical contexts. As the most
significant wave of mass protests in decades continues apace, this
book offers an authoritative analysis that could not be more
timely.
Considering the future of European integration, this clear and
compelling study explores the interplay between collective action
and democracy in the European Union and its member states. Richard
Balme and Didier Chabanet analyze the influence of supranational
governance on democratization through a wealth of case studies on a
broad range of civil society interests, including regional policy,
unemployment and poverty, women's rights, migration policy, and
environmental protection. The authors trace the evolving
relationship between citizens and European institutions over the
past decades, especially as public support for deepening and
widening integration has waned. This trend culminated in a deep
institutional crisis precipitated by the rejection of the draft
constitutional treaty in France and the Netherlands in 2005. At
least two truisms were proven wrong during this tumultuous period:
that European citizens have little interest in European integration
and that citizens have little influence on EU politics. However,
this power shift has left citizens with a deep distrust of
integration and EU institutions with limited capacities to cope
with issues the public considers priorities-primarily unemployment
and social inequalities. The book shows how Europe-wide interest
groups formed and protesters were able to mobilize around key
issues of integration. The authors convincingly argue that the
growth of contentious social movements has also been nourished by
the EU policy process itself, which leaves more room for interest
groups and protest politics than for political parties and
representative democracy. An essential primer on European
democracy, this study will be invaluable for scholars and students
in European politics and public policy, globalization and
democracy, and comparative social movements.
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Varia (French, Paperback)
J er ome Ballet, Didier Chabanet, Emmanuel D'Hombres, Bernard Guery, Rowena Ann Pecchenino, …
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