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Sweden, as many other prosperous nations, is presently reassessing
its national goals, political culture and collective identity.
Newer groups in society are demanding equal treatment, and others
whose struggles for recognition are older and unwon, are
successfully mobilizing support for political change. Social
democratic political hegemony has been eroded and other new
political forces are now reinterpreting past political ideas and
methods of action and a need for historical perspective. This book
analyses the history of Swedish civil society. Social movements and
interest organizations have played crucial roles in Sweden. Their
history is also Swedish history and concerns struggles for
political recognition and welfare state development and cutbacks.
Theoretical developments within sociology, social psychology,
public choice and political science are combined to enrich the
analysis. Some of the theoretical elements used in this book are
organizational waves of development, organizational life cycles,
political opportunity structure, and topologies of collective
action organizations. The book analyzes Swedish civil society
history from the Midas to the 1990s. Swedish civil society history
is divided into six periods. The role played by collective action
organizations in the important developments in politics, society
and economy in this one hundred and fifty year period are
described, compared and analyzed. The primary focus is the impact
of change brought about by these developments on collective action
organizations.
Creative Participation presents the theory and practice of new
innovative forms of political participation. Examples covered in
the book include consumers engaging in political shopping,
capitalists building green developments, UK Muslim youth
campaigning on the internet, Sicilian housewives taking on the
Mafia, young evangelical ministers becoming concerned with social
change and vegetarians making political statements. The authors
show how in these new campaigns individuals swarm like honeybees
around particular issues, causing those in power to sit up and take
notice. This is the essential guide to the new politics of
participation.
Creative Participation presents the theory and practice of new
innovative forms of political participation. Examples covered in
the book include consumers engaging in political shopping,
capitalists building green developments, UK Muslim youth
campaigning on the internet, Sicilian housewives taking on the
Mafia, young evangelical ministers becoming concerned with social
change and vegetarians making political statements. The authors
show how in these new campaigns individuals swarm like honeybees
around particular issues, causing those in power to sit up and take
notice. This is the essential guide to the new politics of
participation.
Sweden, as many other prosperous nations, is presently reassessing
its national goals, political culture and collective identity.
Newer groups in society are demanding equal treatment, and others
whose struggles for recognition are older and unwon, are
successfully mobilizing support for political change. Social
democratic political hegemony has been eroded and other new
political forces are now reinterpreting past political ideas and
methods of action and a need for historical perspective. This book
analyses the history of Swedish civil society. Social movements and
interest organizations have played crucial roles in Sweden. Their
history is also Swedish history and concerns struggles for
political recognition and welfare state development and cutbacks.
Theoretical developments within sociology, social psychology,
public choice and political science are combined to enrich the
analysis. Some of the theoretical elements used in this book are
organizational waves of development, organizational life cycles,
political opportunity structure, and topologies of collective
action organizations. The book analyzes Swedish civil society
history from the Midas to the 1990s. Swedish civil society history
is divided into six periods. The role played by collective action
organizations in the important developments in politics, society
and economy in this one hundred and fifty year period are
described, compared and analyzed. The primary focus is the impact
of change brought about by these developments on collective action
organizations.
The global phenomenon of political consumerism is known through
such diverse manifestations as corporate boycotts, increased
preferences for organic and fairtrade products, and lifestyle
choices such as veganism. It has also become an area of increasing
research across a variety of disciplines. Political consumerism
uses consumer power to change institutional or market practices
that are found ethically, environmentally, or politically
objectionable. Through such actions, the goods offered on the
consumer market are problematized and politicized. Distinctions
between consumers and citizens and between the economy and politics
collapse. The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism offers the
first comprehensive theoretical and comparative overview of the
ways in which the market becomes a political arena. It maps the
four major forms of political consumerism: boycotting, buycotting
(spending to show support), lifestyle politics, and discursive
actions, such as culture jamming. Chapters by leading scholars
examine political consumerism in different locations and industry
sectors, and in consideration of environmental and human rights
problems, political events, and the ethics of production and
manufacturing practices. This volume offers a thorough exploration
of the phenomenon and its myriad dilemmas, involving religion,
race, nationalism, gender relations, animals, and our common
future. Moreover, the Handbook takes stock of political
consumerism's effectiveness in solving complex global problems and
its use to both promote and impede democracy.
Political Consumerism captures the creative ways in which citizens,
consumers, and political activists use the market as their arena
for politics. This book theorizes, describes, analyzes, compares,
and evaluates the phenomenon of political consumerism and how it
attempts to use market choice to solve complex globalized problems.
It investigates theoretically and empirically how and why consumers
practice citizenship and have become important political actors.
Dietlind Stolle and Michele Micheletti describe consumers'
engagement as an example of individualized responsibility taking,
examining how political consumerism nudges and pressures
corporations to change their production practices, and how
consumers emerge as a force in global affairs. Unlike other
studies, it also evaluates if and how consumer actions become
effective mechanisms of global change. Stolle and Micheletti offer
a candid discussion of the limitations of political consumerism as
a form of participation and as a problem-solving mechanism.
This comprehensive study explores the influence and organization
of the Swedish farmers' movement in the 20th century. The first
such study of its kind to appear in print, the analysis focuses on
the ways in which the movement has represented its members in light
of the myriad social, political, and economic changes that have
affected its strategy, tactics, and overall position within the
Swedish economy. Writing for scholars of political economy in
general and Scandinavian area studies in particular, the author
both explains the history of the incorporation of the interest
organizations of farmers into the Swedish state and fully examines
the effect of current reforms that are forcing the farmers'
movement to change its traditional structures and ways of
thinking.
Among the issues addressed by the author are the advantages and
disadvantages of the corporatist exchange for the farmers' movement
and the important role played by farmers in the electoral politics
of Sweden's political parties. Micheletti concludes that vote
maximization is an important reason for the concern shown by the
parties for the interests of farmers. She further discusses the
development of Swedish agricultural policy, the changes in policy
resulting from social democracy, and the role played by consumer
interest organizations within the Swedish social democratic system.
Throughout, Micheletti emphasizes the influence of Swedish
political traditions and the prevailing political culture as well
as the impact of international developments in the current reform
of agriculture in Sweden. How the farmer's movement copes with the
changes and the new issues of the environment and deregulation are
also a key focus of inquiry.
Political Consumerism captures the creative ways in which citizens,
consumers and political activists use the market as their arena for
politics. This book theorizes, describes, analyzes, compares and
evaluates the phenomenon of political consumerism and how it
attempts to use market choice to solve complex globalized problems.
It investigates theoretically and empirically how and why consumers
practice citizenship and have become important political actors.
Dietlind Stolle and Michele Micheletti describe consumers'
engagement as an example of individualized responsibility taking,
examining how political consumerism nudges and pressures
corporations to change their production practices, and how
consumers emerge as a force in global affairs. Unlike other
studies, it also evaluates if and how consumer actions become
effective mechanisms of global change. Stolle and Micheletti offer
a candid discussion of the limitations of political consumerism as
a form of participation and as a problem-solving mechanism.
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