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102. Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates.
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Smith, Amy Erica and Boas, Taylor C.
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SOCIAL movements , *VOTING , *SAME-sex marriage , *PRACTICAL politics , *RELIGION & politics , *CULTURE conflict , *VOTERS - Abstract
Right-wing candidates have rallied against same-sex marriage, abortion, and 'gender ideology' in several recent Latin American elections, attracting socially conservative voters. Yet, these issues are largely irrelevant to voting decisions in other parts of the region. Drawing on theories explaining partisan shifts in the US and Europe, we argue that elite and social movement debates on sexuality politics create conditions for electoral realignment. When politicians take polarized positions on newly salient 'culture war' issues, the masses' voting behaviour shifts. Using region-wide multilevel analysis of the AmericasBarometer and Latinobarómetro and a conjoint experiment in Brazil, Chile, and Peru, we demonstrate that the rising salience of sexuality politics creates new electoral cleavages, magnifying the electoral impact of religion and sexuality politics attitudes and shrinking the impact of economic views. Whereas scholarship on advanced democracies posits the centrality of partisanship, our findings indicate that sexuality politics prompts realignments even in weak party systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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103. Party Origins, Party Infrastructural Strength, and Governance Outcomes.
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Zeng, Qingjie
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MASS mobilization , *POLITICAL parties , *SOCIAL movements , *COMMUNITY organization , *POLITICAL systems , *PUBLIC goods , *POST-World War II Period - Abstract
Ruling party strength is often associated with positive outcomes in autocracies, but we know little about how the effects of party strength differ across party types or which feature of party organization contributes most to better outcomes. This article argues that party infrastructural strength – the ability of grassroots party organizations to penetrate society and mobilize the masses – improves governance outcomes but only for authoritarian parties that rose to power through social movements that overthrew the existing political system. Parties that relied on mass mobilization to gain power tend to continue utilizing party strength to provide public goods and gather support. I provide empirical support for my theory using data covering all autocratic ruling parties during the post-Second World War period. The findings have major implications for understanding the intellectual and political challenges posed by well-organized one-party regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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104. Articulating post-apocalyptic environmentalism: global civil society and the struggle for anti-colonial climate politics in the climate movement.
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Sunnemark, Ludvig
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ANTI-imperialist movements , *CIVIL society , *ENVIRONMENTALISM , *SOCIAL movements , *DECOLONIZATION , *COALITIONS - Abstract
This article examines the dynamics of the climate movement's (CM) engagement within global civil society (GCS), focusing on how this relates to its evolving commitment to anti-colonial climate politics and the wider, ongoing tensions between actors from the Global North and South within the movement. Here, this article contributes with a theorization on how counter-hegemonic and anti-colonial social movement alliances can be forged in GCS, building from neo-Gramscian, post- and decolonial concepts. This theorization builds on a study of the COP26 Coalition's efforts in Glasgow in November 2021, exploring how the coalition strategically utilized post-apocalyptic environmentalism to amplify Southern and anti-colonial perspectives within the broader CM and to carve out a space for such perspectives within GCS. However, this study also highlights how GCS spaces are shaped by a neo-colonial global hegemony which fosters structures of Northern epistemic dominance which often function to de-legitimize, exclude, or co-opt non-Western knowledges and movements within GCS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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105. The Mobilizing Power of Visual Media Across Stages of Social-Mediated Protests.
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Lu, Yingdan and Peng, Yilang
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SOCIAL movements , *SOCIAL media , *EQUALITY , *BLACK Lives Matter movement , *CAMERA phones , *OPTICAL communications - Abstract
The popularity of camera phones, the availability of photo-editing apps, and the rise of visually oriented social media platforms have made it convenient for citizens to produce and circulate visual content in contentious politics. While scholars have increasingly recognized the role of visuals in mobilizing social-mediated protests, how different types of visuals affect message engagement across different stages of protests remains underexplored. For this study, we analyzed approximately ten million tweets from Twitter for three social-mediated protests (Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate, and Women's March). We found that posts with images and videos generally attracted more audience engagement than their textual counterparts. Unpacking the role of visual media across different modalities and stages of social-mediated protests, we found that the superior effects of visuals were generally more pronounced during the ignition phase of the protest than the periods before and after. By applying unsupervised image clustering on millions of protest visuals, we systematically established four common visual content categories: crowd-based protest photos, non-crowd-protest human photos, non-human photos, and non-photograph visuals. We revealed heterogeneous effects on audience engagement across content categories and protests, and explored these categories through qualitative analysis of most-engaged visuals. These findings enrich our understanding of the mobilizing power of visual media in social movements and shed light on effective communication strategies regarding social inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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106. Broadcasting Messages via Telegram: Pro-Government Social Media Control During the 2020 Protests in Belarus and 2022 Anti-War Protests in Russia.
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Kuznetsova, Daria
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SOCIAL control , *SOCIAL media , *PUBLIC demonstrations , *DIGITAL media , *POLITICAL movements - Abstract
What is the role of digital media in contentious politics? On the one hand, digital media plays a central role in informing the public and organizing political movements. On the other hand, it has become a valuable tool for digital repression in authoritarian states. This study concentrates on the patterns of digital media use by pro-government actors in times of nationwide protests in autocracies. It analyzes how pro-government actors establish control over political discourse and information flow online compared to pro-opposition and neutral actors. I argue that, following the increased use of social media by opposition actors during social movements, the state will seek to establish its presence online, attempt to reach larger audiences, and endeavor to frame political issues in a beneficial light to reinforce political control. I use the cases of the 2020–21 protests in Belarus and the 2022 anti-war protests in Russia and employ text-as-data computational methods to analyze communication patterns on public Telegram channels. The results show that pro-government channels in Belarus and Russia followed the protest paradigm and framed protests as illegal, unauthorized activities that cause chaos and disorder. The pro-opposition Telegram channels in Belarus reached a larger audience than pro-state or neutral channels. In contrast, pro-government and neutral channels in Russia dominated the Telegramsphere. These contrasting patterns of Telegram channel activity and popularity suggest that the Russian pro-government online actors are more sophisticated in controlling and manipulating the communication space than Belarusian pro-state actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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107. The new Spanish far‐right movement: Crisis, national priority and ultranationalist charity.
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Jiménez Aguilar, Francisco and Álvarez‐Benavides, Antonio
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RIGHT-wing extremism , *SOCIAL movements , *NATIONAL interest , *CULTURAL movements , *CHARITIES , *CHARITY , *WORLDVIEW - Abstract
During the Great Recession, a group of identitarian nativist associations emerged in Spain, which, over time, gave shape to a new social movement: the Cultural Associations of National Aid (Asociaciones Culturales de Ayuda Nacional). Based on a digital ethnography and critical discursive analysis, this paper aims to examine their worldview and 'repertoire of contention', focusing on the latest events that have shaken the world and, more particularly, Spanish society. This research highlights two contributions to the nationalism and far‐right social movements study: 'national priority' as a radicalization of the 'national preference', and 'national aid' as a new discriminatory non‐state aid, which we will refer to as 'ultranationalist charity'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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108. "NÓS SOMOS UM BAIRRO DE LUTAS": AÇÃO PÚBLICA E CONTRA-NARRATIVAS SOBRE O TERRITÓRIO.
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Godinho Peria, Pedro Vianna
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SECONDARY analysis , *MATERIALS analysis , *NARRATIVES , *ACTORS , *DISCOURSE - Abstract
I discuss ways of narrating a territory from the voices of the political-cultural collective Comunidade Cultural Quilombaque with the aim of analyzing how a counter-narrative disputes the meanings of the territory with the dominant narrative. I combine the literature on counter-narratives, which focuses on the construction of storylines that oppose dominant forms, and on public action, which is central to emphasizing the role of individuals, groups and movements in the construction of what is understood as public, to carry out the task of interpreting the ways in which actors mobilize to counter their narrative to the dominant discourse on the peripheral territory. I used in-depth interviews with the collective's leaders and the analysis of secondary material, which allowed me to read the ways in which the movement narrates itself. It is from another way of narrating their territory that they manage to bring out their potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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109. Unsung Heroine: Wang Ruqi, the 1950 Marriage Law, and State-Legal Feminism.
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Li, Shangyang and He, Qiliang
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MARRIAGE law , *WOMEN political activists , *FEMINISM , *SOCIAL movements , *WOMEN'S rights , *POLITICAL movements , *SCHOLARLY method , *PROFESSIONALISM - Abstract
This article analyses Wang Ruqi's contribution to the drafting of the 1950 Marriage Law, the first codified law promulgated by the People's Republic of China (PRC). It argues that Wang—who had been a legal specialist and a female political activist dating back to the 1930s and 1940s—was the actual author of the law's first draft. In rehabilitating Wang's long-forgotten contribution to the making of the Marriage Law, this study highlights that, first of all, lawmaking in the early years of the PRC was characterized by legal "professionalism," rather than the "vernacularism" that scholars in recent years have tended to ascribe to this period. Second, Wang was an exemplary figure of a new breed of "state feminists" in the PRC, which we term "state-legal feminists." State-legal feminists, like state feminists in general, were brought into the PRC state apparatus and took advantage of their role in the state to advance sociopolitical agendas. However, they differed from their fellow state feminists because they firmly believed that the state's will and intent could be best articulated and exercised through codified laws and legal institutions. The making of the Marriage Law thus exemplifies the state-legal feminist approach insofar as it resorted to a codified law to push for the political agendas of women's emancipation and restructuring families in China. While recent scholarship highlights the politicization of the law in the 1953 campaign to promote the Marriage Law, this study inverts this by addressing the legalization of political and social movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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110. Hybrid activism under the radar: Surveillance and resistance among marginalized youth activists in the United States and Canada.
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Lee, Ashley
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SOCIAL movements , *SURVEILLANCE radar , *YOUNG adults , *SOCIAL media , *ACTIVISM , *ACTIVISTS , *LIKES & dislikes - Abstract
Social media and digital platforms have become essential tools for the new generation of youth activists. However, these tools subject youth to both new (and old) forms of surveillance and control. Drawing on in-depth interviews and social media walkthroughs with 61 youth activists, I examine hybrid tactics that these youth employ to resist surveillance and other forms of digitally mediated control as they participate in politics and social movements. I show that even in democracies like the United States and Canada, for individuals along intersecting axes of marginalization (e.g. race, gender), public political acts do not capture the full range of young people's political repertoires. Young people, especially those from marginalized groups, adopt hidden, under-the-radar tactics in response to pressures of social, state, and corporate surveillance. I develop the concept of "digital infrapolitics" referring to the ways in which digital politics and activism go below the radar under surveillance and control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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111. When Rubber Bullets Fly, Family Comes First: How Fathers in Hong Kong Reconciled with Their Activist Children.
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Tsang, Eileen YH
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FATHER-child relationship , *ACTIVISTS , *PUBLIC demonstrations , *FAMILY relations , *SOCIAL movements - Abstract
The article examines the dynamics of father-children relationships in conflict management during and after the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti-ELAB) movement in Hong Kong. In-depth interviews with 17 fathers and 21 activists revealed how authoritarian approaches to fatherhood influence family conflict outcomes against the backdrop of social upheaval during and after the 2019 protests in Hong Kong. A conceptual framework of intimacy and face (mianzi or lian) enriches the discussion of fatherhood roles, father-children conflict management, and how participation in social movements affects their relationships. The construct of fatherhood is variable, changing, and relational, and it involves intimacy and face for father-son/daughter relationships to remain healthy during political conflicts. Hong Kong presents a unique case of evolving fatherhood, parent-child relationships, and family dynamics where the link between gender and social movement participation is extended beyond political-economic processes. This article contributes to the literature on the intergenerational dialogue between fathers and their activist children outside a Western context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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112. Introduction to the Special Issue: Foregrounding social movement futures: collective action, imagination, and methodology.
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Yates, Luke, Daniel, Antje, Gerharz, Eva, and Feldman, Shelley
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SOCIAL movements , *COLLECTIVE action , *IMAGINATION , *FOREGROUNDING , *CAUSATION (Philosophy) - Abstract
The future – as a theme, research orientation, and mode of framing societal challenges – is becoming important in the social sciences. Yet the absence of collective action in many such accounts makes clear the potential contribution of social movement studies. In social movement studies, meanwhile, the future has been discussed directly and indirectly. Assumptions about timing, activist orientations towards the future, and causation are embedded in understandings of strategy, agency, mobilisation, tactical choice, consequences, and in concepts of waves, cycles and diffusion. Conceptual developments around temporalities, real utopias and grassroots initiatives, imagination, and prefiguration offer some alternative perspectives and promising new directions. Foregrounding social movement futures also has implications for protesters themselves: ideas and emotions relating to the future are central to activist debates about goals, winning, utopia, hope and burnout. This introduction reviews the societal and academic context for the renewed interest in futures that are relevant for social movement studies, before outlining three major movement areas or debates where futures are implicated, and which need to form part of future research. These areas, and the subdiscipline as a whole, it is argued, may also benefit from a more direct analysis of movement futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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113. Black lives matter and imagined futures of racial dynamics in the US.
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Durham, Simone N.
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SOCIAL movements , *BLACK Lives Matter movement , *FUTURES , *SOCIAL justice , *SOCIAL change ,RACE relations in the United States - Abstract
As the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement fights to build an alternate future characterized by racial equality and justice, a priority is studying this projected image of what society could look like and how oppressed groups and activists who fight on their behalf feel this might be achieved. This article integrates knowledge from social movement studies, critical race theory, and futures research to add to this critical discussion. Specifically, I use the concept of social movement prospectus to investigate perspectives on future social change in relation to racial justice activism. Through analysis of interviews with 36 U.S. Black millennials about BLM and its potential impact on race relations in the United States, I examine the varied conceptualizations within this group of what success would look like for this movement and whether that success is likely to occur. Broadly, I find that Black millennials are skeptical about BLM's ability to effect social change, but are more optimistic when change is viewed in terms of cultural outcomes than structural ones. I consider the implications of these perspectives for the future of the movement, as well as for scholarship that investigates how social movements produce social change and shape the future of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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114. Politics of anticipation: Turkey's 2017 Constitutional Referendum and the Local 'No' Assemblies in Istanbul.
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Gokmenoglu, Birgan
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REFERENDUM , *SOCIAL movements , *REGIME change , *PRACTICAL politics , *SOCIOLOGY , *PARTICIPATORY democracy - Abstract
This article engages with the question of coordinating action during transitional and politically volatile times, in high-stakes situations. More specifically, I look at a local assembly that was established to campaign for the 'no' vote against regime change in the 2017 constitutional referendum in Turkey, and how it disintegrated at a time when coordinated action was perceived as the only viable strategy by the participants. Based on participant-observation and ethnographic interviews, I argue that instead of framing or strategy, differences in temporal frameworks eroded the basis on which activists usually coordinated their next steps, leading to an unresolvable mismatch in their anticipation of future events, and therefore, in action. I characterize the temporal dynamics of political contestation in such contexts as a 'politics of anticipation,' where futurity and temporality themselves become subjects of political contention. As such, this article contributes to the study of anti-authoritarian social movements, studies of time and temporality, and to the sociology of time and the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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115. Utopia, future imaginations and prefigurative politics in the indigenous women's movement in Argentina.
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Habersang, Anja
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SOCIAL movements , *FEMINISM , *FUTURES , *INDIGENOUS women , *IMAGINATION , *UTOPIAS , *SOCIAL change - Abstract
In order to analyse how social movements build alternative futures, this article explores the relationship between prefigurative politics and utopianism. A case study of the 'Indigenous Women's Movement for Buen Vivir' in Argentina will reveal how movement members shape alternative futures, while taking into account how everyday life influences their approaches to the future. Empirical data collected in 2019 shows that members define the present day as a crises-ridden dystopian age, exemplified by the conflicts they face which emerge from the resource-based development model of global capitalism. Extractivist activities are understood as destroyers of the planet and therefore are viewed as an imminent threat to human existence. Hence, the members aim to make the future possible by (re)constructing a reciprocity with nature as well as one between humans and other-than-human beings, in short, to realize Buen Vivir. To unravel how prefigurative practices and utopian imaginations intersect and co-constitute each other, I focus on how Buen Vivir is experienced in the movement through horizontality, spirituality, and autonomy. These experiences are framed by the actors as pre-colonial practices that are reconstructed in the present, as they seek to decolonise capitalist modernity 'so that there is a future'. This understanding reflects a cyclical temporality that inspires a processual, non-linear view of social change, which accompanies the indigenous women's 'prefigurative walking'. Thus, the linking of prefiguration with utopianism helps us in grasping the role of imagination, hopes, and visions for future transformations in the process of building alternative futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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116. Imagining sovereign futures: the marriage equality movement in Taiwan.
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Jung, Minwoo
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SAME-sex marriage , *SOCIAL movements , *NATIONAL emblems , *SEXUAL rights , *LGBTQ+ rights , *EQUAL rights , *GAY couples - Abstract
How do social movements respond to geopolitical uncertainties and mobilize aspirations and imagined futures for progressive social change? Building on scholarship on social movements and imagined futures, this article provides an empirical analysis of Taiwan's marriage equality movement as it navigated the shifting horizon of the nation's future. With the economic and diplomatic rise of mainland China, Taiwan has confronted with an increasing international isolation due to the nation's lack of widespread external legitimacy as a nation-state. Given this geopolitical context, Taiwan's marriage equality movement not simply drew on the globalized notion of equal rights for same-sex couples. Instead, it rearticulated the meaning of 'equality' of sexual minorities in parallel to Taiwan's aspirational equal status as a nation-state in the global sphere. Through the intimate entanglement of LGBT rights claims and sovereign aspirations, the marriage equality movement became a powerful emblem of the national vision that differentiated Taiwan from mainland China. This article thus provides new insights for scholarship on social movements and imagined futures, geopolitics, and gender and sexual rights movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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117. Resource Mobilization and Power Redistribution: The Role of Local Governments in Shaping Residents' Pro-Environmental Behavior in Rural Tourism Destinations.
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Wu, Jianxing, Wang, Xiongzhi, Ramkissoon, Haywantee, Wu, Mao-Ying, Guo, Yingzhi, and Morrison, Alastair M.
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GREEN behavior , *RESOURCE mobilization , *TOURIST attractions , *RURAL tourism , *POWER resources , *SOCIAL movements , *SOCIAL capital , *SOCIAL networks , *PLACE attachment (Psychology) - Abstract
This research investigates residents' pro-environmental behavior from the unique perspective of government-resident interactions. Guided by social movement theory, how local governments regulate residents' waste-sorting behavior in Chinese rural tourism destinations is assessed. This longitudinal study (lasting from 2016 to 2022) uses participant observation, in-depth interviews (N = 25), and secondary data as the key research techniques. The dual roles of local governments (i.e., resource mobilization and power redistribution) jointly shape residents' pro-environmental behavior in the waste-sorting campaign. Resource mobilization enhances knowledge of waste-sorting and raises individuals' environmental consciousness. Power redistribution within groups activates social networks in rural communities and changes groups' social capital to influence residents' collective behavior. Results are discussed in relation to how the organizational-level resource mobilization and power redistribution influence the individual-level environmental psychological and sociological factors in shaping residents' waste-sorting behavior. Practical recommendations are offered for sustainable tourism management from a social interaction perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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118. Gendered labor legacies of authoritarian neoliberalism: Chile's double crisis.
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Ipsen, Annabel
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CORN seeds , *GENDER inequality , *NEOLIBERALISM , *SEED development , *AGRICULTURAL laborers , *HOUSEKEEPING , *TRANSNATIONAL education ,CORN development - Abstract
Legacies of Chile's democratic crisis pose challenges for workplace gender equity. This paper brings together scholarly debates on gender regimes and factory regimes to examine the gendered labor practices in a high‐tech, transnational agricultural sector. Specifically, I ask how gender regimes and regulatory practices entrenched in Chile's authoritarian past shape labor dynamics in this industry today. I argue that we must look to the past to understand how firms benefit from unequal social relations embedded in institutions and for identifying mechanisms of change. I document how the neoliberal and authoritarian policies of the democratic crisis in Chile (1973–90) became the baseline conditions in democracy, leaving stark gender and labor inequalities that persist today. The resulting neoliberal pact continues to privilege elites and marginalize the working poor, especially women, contributing to the slow‐brewing inequality crisis that came to a head in 2019. Based on ethnographic observation and semi‐structured interviews in Arica, Chile, a major hub for corn seed development, I show how these legacies enable firms to benefit from Chile's unequal gender relations to develop high‐value products without paying the price associated with the skill needed to produce them. I find that conservative gender norms together with labor relations inherent in Chile's neoliberal model, rooted in a 17‐year dictatorship, create obstacles to efforts to address gender inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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119. Being water: protest zines and the politics of care in Hong Kong.
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Yam, Shui-yin Sharon and Ma, Carissa
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PUBLIC demonstrations , *ZINES , *SOCIAL movements , *KINSHIP - Abstract
During the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti-ELAB) protest, Hong Kong protesters invented, adapted, and deployed a variety of decentralized grassroots tactics of resistance. While understudied, the proliferation of protest zines during the Anti-ELAB movement contributed to an affective community among movement supporters and protesters, allowing them to engage in self- and communal care as they resisted state violence. We argue that protest zines foregrounded a grassroots community of care that encourages political change in the following ways: expand the emotional habitus among protesters and movement supporters to accommodate debilitating bad feelings; promote self-care and embodied emotional reflection as a form of resistance against state violence; contribute to voluntary kinship among protesters beyond the state-sanctioned nuclear family model; and articulate nuclear familial relations as a site of political resistance. By examining how protest zines articulate voluntary kinship among movement supporters, we illustrate how the zines challenge dominant paternalistic institutions to reimagine a more open political future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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120. Resisting right-wing populism in power: a comparative analysis of the Facebook activities of social movements in Italy and the UK.
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Pennucci, Nicolò
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RIGHT-wing populism , *SOCIAL movements , *COMPARATIVE studies , *RESEARCH questions , *POLITICAL affiliation , *SOCIAL media - Abstract
This paper aims to present a comparative study of the civil society reaction to right-wing populism in power through social media, by looking at cases in Italy and the United Kingdom. The research question is how social movements are implementing a process of reactive political identity construction – i.e. political identification – and a political counter-strategy by opposing right-wing populism in power through their Facebook official accounts. It implements a mixed-method research design with in-depth semi-structured interviews and a two-step quantitative text analysis based on Topic Model and Dictionary Method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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121. Movement parties' interactions on social media: positioning and trajectories in the polity arena.
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Hoffmann, Matthias and Neumayer, Christina
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SOCIAL status , *SOCIAL interaction , *POLITICAL systems , *SOCIAL movements , *POLITICAL communication , *SOCIAL media , *ARENAS , *NIGHTCLUBS - Abstract
This research explores interactions between traditional parties and movement parties on social media. The longitudinal analysis (2010–2021) is based on data from eighteen parties' official social media accounts in six European countries. Conceptually bridging cycles of contention, social movement lifecycles, and party lifespans, this research identifies regularities in referencing patterns between traditional party families; and by adding a temporal layer, outlines three trajectories of movement parties in the polity arena. The results contribute to conceptualizing movement parties as hybrid organizations and suggest a common logic of movement in positioning in the polity arena as drivers of party-to-party interactions moderated by country-specific contextual factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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122. The Unique and the Universal in International Studies Theories from the Global South.
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Allen, Michael H.
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EQUALITY , *MANNERS & customs , *ANTHROPOLOGY , *SOCIAL movements , *SEXUAL division of labor ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
This article discusses the dominance of scholarship from North America, Europe, and Oceania in the field of International Studies (IS) and the need to include perspectives from the Global South. The limited number of eligible scholars and practitioners in the Global South, as well as the legacy of colonial education, contribute to the lack of theoretical production from this region. The article argues for the importance of globalizing the archive of International Studies theories to include diverse perspectives and experiences. It examines the contributions of Cheikh Anta Diop and Walter Rodney, two scholars from the Global South, and how their ideas can be applied cross-regionally to explain universal dynamics. [Extracted from the article]
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123. United we stood, divided we transform? Exploring coalition transformation divergence in the EU trade policy field.
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Gheyle, Niels
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SOCIAL movements , *COMMERCIAL policy , *COALITIONS , *TRADE negotiation , *FREE trade , *CIVIL society - Abstract
During the EU-US (TTIP) and EU–Canada (CETA) free trade negotiations, large coalitions of civil society organisations were active not only across borders but also within European member states. In several countries, coalitions saw the opportunity to transform their issue-specific group into a general coalition on EU trade policy in order to achieve more sustained engagement. However, in hindsight, only some of the transformed coalitions remained active and visible with the same organisations, while others experienced a decline in visibility, activities, and membership. This study aims to explore the factors contributing to this divergence in coalition transformation, drawing on the literature from social movement and interest group studies. Based on interviews with trade activists in Belgium and the Netherlands, the analysis points to differences in perception of political and discursive opportunities, resource mobilisation, the degree of ideological and cultural overlap between the coalition's actors, and organisational structure as important factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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124. The road to European parliament mandate for populist radical-right parties: Selecting the 'perfect' AfD candidate.
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Kamenova, Valeriya
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LEGISLATIVE bodies , *POPULIST parties (Politics) , *SOCIAL movements , *RACISM , *NATIONAL socialism - Abstract
With growing public distrust toward European institutions, Eurosceptic populist radical-right parties make up almost a third of MEPs in the current European Parliament. As part of the larger scholarly debate on populist parties' success, this article examines intra-party selection logic for the 'perfect' populist radical-right MEP candidate. Using original data from participant observation and interviews with Alternative for Germany delegates during the 2018/2019 European Election Assembly, this study suggests that party members were more likely to be selected as candidates if they (1) possessed extensive network with right-wing social movements to strengthen their electoral mobilization; (2) and showed strong commitment to party cohesion and good reputation to fend off accusations of racism and Nazism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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125. "I Feel Seen": Creating Safe Spaces to Foster Self-Understanding and Agential Expression Among Youth Through Social Circus.
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Carnevale, Franco A., Rosberg, Miriam, Campbell, Sydney, Morin, Daphné, and Lavoie, Karine
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SOCIAL space ,SOCIAL movements ,CIRCUS ,SELF-perception ,PARTICIPATION - Abstract
Social circus refers to programs that use circus arts to facilitate social intervention with people experiencing marginalization. Although some programs focus specifically on youth, little is known about how they are impacted by their participation. We examined the experiences of youth participating in a four-day social circus event. Four themes were identified that characterized participants' experiences: (a) creating a safe social space; (b) enriching your self-understanding; (c) bolstering your expressive capacities; and (d) experiencing the world around you. This research highlights how social circus activities can create safe and enriching social spaces that are adapted to the experiences of youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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126. A Disputa Pública em Torno da Definição de um Marco Legal para Regularização Fundiária.
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Penna de Castro, Camila
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127. Food communities and peasant farms: strategies for food sustainability.
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Méndez-Villamizar, Raquel, Magaly Gamboa-Delgado, Edna, Jesús Muvdi-Nova, Carlos, Lucelly Sánchez, Ximena, and Mendieta, Néstor
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FARMS ,SUSTAINABLE agriculture ,SOCIAL movements ,FOOD security - Abstract
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128. Evaluación de los movimientos sociales en la era digital: Participación, interacción y empoderamiento en el contexto de la movilización #Metoo.
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MIRA-ALADRÉN, MARTA, LATORRE MARTÍNEZ, MARÍA PILAR, and IÑIGUEZ DIESTE, DAVID
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129. عمليات التأطير والحركات الاجتماعية : لمحة عامة وتقويم.
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وديفيد أ. سنو, روبرت د. بينفورد, and ترجمة ثائر ديب
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130. DEL CRUCE ENTRE LOS CAMPOS DE ESTUDIOS DE LAS MEMORIAS Y LOS MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES A LAS MEMORIAS POLÍTICAS.
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López González, Loreto, Fernández Droguett, Roberto, and Piper Shafir, Isabel
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SOCIAL movements ,POLITICAL participation ,POLITICAL movements ,SOCIAL action ,SOCIAL conflict ,COLLECTIVE memory - Abstract
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131. La lucha por una vida mejor. Los inicios del movimiento vecinal en Almería.
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Migliucci, Dario
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LIVING conditions ,NEIGHBORHOODS ,DEMOCRATIZATION ,HISTORIOGRAPHY ,SOCIAL movements ,NEWSPAPERS - Abstract
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132. Contesting spaces and civil resistance movements: A case study on India’s #FeeMustFall movement.
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Mishra, Mayank
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MOVEMENT education ,SOCIAL space ,SOCIALIZATION ,RESOURCE allocation ,PUBLIC goods ,CIVIL disobedience ,SOCIAL movements - Abstract
The paper intends to conduct a spatial reading of civil resistance movements taking Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) #FeeMustFall in India as the case study. Amidst the penetration of neoliberal politics in public goods like health and education, the pay-per-user principle is not limited to the argument of efficiency of allocation of resources. It can be comprehended as the larger strategy of the ruling dispensation to deplatform dissent and homogenise state space on an ideological singularity catering to majoritarian and hegemonic nationalism. The paper shall focus on the spatial reading of civil resistance movements using Lefebvre’s characterisation of state space and Gramsci’s understanding of hegemony and nationalism in the context of JNU’s #FeeMustFall movement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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133. La memoria de los palimpsestos: apuntes por una cartografía del patrimonio intervenido en las protestas por Ayotzinapa de 2022 y 2023.
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Rebolledo González, César
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HISTORIC buildings ,SOCIAL movements ,EXERCISE therapy ,ORGANIZED crime ,STUDENT activism - Abstract
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134. Double standard: Chinese public opinion on the Hong Kong protests.
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Gueorguiev, Dimitar and Liu, Dongshu
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ANTI-extradition bill protests, Hong Kong, China, 2019 ,DOUBLE standard ,PUBLIC opinion ,SOCIAL movements ,PROTEST movements - Abstract
Research on social movements suggests that when protesters use violence, public opinion often turns against them, unless the observers already view the protesters as extremists. This creates what we refer to as an "asymmetric liability," where by moderate protest movements are held to a higher standard of civility than more extreme ones. Based on a survey experiment surrounding the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, we show that violence undercuts Chinese public sympathy when movements are framed around rights-based agendas but has little impact when protesters are portrayed as separatists. Pairing our survey results alongside media trends offers suggestive evidence that mainland respondents became less sympathetic to anti-government protesters and slightly less sensitive to protest violence as state media began depicting protesters as radical separatists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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135. Millennial managers.
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Luu, Ellie and Rubio, Silvina
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CORPORATE governance ,SOCIAL responsibility of business ,MUTUAL fund managers ,MILLENNIALS ,SOCIAL movements - Abstract
Research Question/Issue: This paper investigates whether and how millennial mutual fund managers differ from managers born in other generations in terms of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) orientation in portfolio choices and voting decisions. Research Findings/Insights: We find that millennial mutual fund managers hold portfolios that are more ESG oriented than do managers from other generations, consistent with anecdotal evidence suggesting that millennials are more driven by purpose than profits. Our findings suggest that the observed relationship is stronger when managers have more discretion over portfolio choices, that is, in active funds and funds with lower flow‐performance sensitivity. Furthermore, we find that millennial managers respond more strongly to social movements by reallocating assets into more socially conscious firms. We also find that millennial managers are more supportive of environmental proposals when their outcome is contested. Theoretical/Academic Implications: Our paper shows how cultural, political, and economic events, including social movements experienced by people of the same age cohort, shape preferences and beliefs and result in different investment strategies and voting among mutual fund managers. We also show how institutional constraints might limit managers' ability to impose their own preferences when investing or voting their shares. Practitioner/Policy Implications: Millennials are increasingly replacing older generations in managerial roles and investing in the stock market due to wealth transfers from their parents. This study offers insights to policymakers and investors interested in understanding the drivers of ESG investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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136. Educar para la ciudadanía. Breve análisis sobre sus logros y ausencias en México y América Latina.
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Romo-Ramos, Marlene
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CIVICS education ,POLITICAL community ,ACHIEVEMENT ,SOCIAL movements ,CITIZENSHIP ,DEMOCRACY ,LOGIC - Abstract
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137. Dyadic body competence predicts movement synchrony during the mirror game.
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Moffat, Ryssa, Roos, Leonie, Casale, Courtney, and Cross, Emily S.
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SYNCHRONIC order ,BODY image ,SOCIAL movements ,COGNITIVE ability ,MIRRORS ,EYE tracking ,DUAL-energy X-ray absorptiometry - Abstract
The process of synchronizing our body movements with others is known to enhance rapport, affect, and prosociality. Furthermore, emerging evidence suggests that synchronizing activities may enhance cognitive performance. Unknown, by contrast, is the extent to which people's individual traits and experiences influence their ability to achieve and maintain movement synchrony with another person, which is key for unlocking the social and affective benefits of movement synchrony. Here, we take a dyad-centered approach to gain a deeper understanding of the role of embodiment in achieving and maintaining movement synchrony. Using existing data, we explored the relationship between body competence and body perception scores at the level of the dyad, and the dyad's movement synchrony and complexity while playing a 2.5-min movement mirroring game. The data revealed that dyadic body competence scores positively correlate with movement synchrony, but not complexity, and that dyadic body perception scores are not associated with movement synchrony or complexity. Movement synchrony was greater when the more experienced member of the dyad was responsible for copying movements. Finally, movement synchrony and complexity were stable across the duration of the mirror game. These findings show that movement synchrony is sensitive to the composition of the dyad involved, specifically the dyad's embodiment, illuminating the value of dyadic approaches to understanding body movements in social contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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138. Transparência, comunicação, informação e movimentos sociais: formação política e participação sociopolítica dos portais institucionais.
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Souza de Cristo, Hélio, Nascimento Filho, Aloísio Santos, and Saba, Hugo
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139. When Do Radical Flanks Use Violence? Conditions for Violent Protest in Radical Left-Libertarian Activism in Sweden, 1997–2016.
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Jämte, Jan, Lundstedt, Måns, and Wennerhag, Magnus
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VIOLENCE ,PUBLIC demonstrations ,SOCIAL movements ,ACTIVISM ,RADICALS ,LEFT-wing extremism - Abstract
Descriptions of social movement factionalism are often based on the dichotomous conception of lawful moderates and violent radicals. In this article, we nuance this distinction by illustrating the complexity of radical flanks through an empirically grounded analysis of protest tactics, in which we ask under what conditions radical flanks are likely to use violent protest tactics. Exploring dominant explanations of political violence, the article shows the necessity of understanding the use of violent protest tactics as part of cognitive and relational processes. The use of violent tactics varies greatly across frames and protest issues, pointing to how different logics of protest are tied to different frames. Also, the use of violence is affected by the presence or absence of moderate allies; the likelihood of violence clearly decreases when radicals and moderates form coalitions when organising protests. The analysis is based on a protest event data set covering over 3,900 nonviolent and violent events by the Radical Left-Libertarian Movement in Sweden, 1997–2016. Notably, the results hold over this entire twenty-year period, suggesting that they are robust and provide a better explanation than historically contingent causes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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140. Review of Howard (2023): Multilingualism in the Andes: Policies, Politics, Power.
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Dong, Liying, Zhang, Sihong, and Wang, Yalan
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MULTILINGUALISM ,LANGUAGE revival ,TELECOMMUNICATION systems ,LANGUAGE policy ,DOMINANT language ,SOCIAL movements ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS - Abstract
The book "Multilingualism in the Andes: Policies, Politics, Power" by Rosaleen Howard examines the impact of power and politics on language policies in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It explores the hegemonic position of Spanish and the near-extinction of indigenous languages in the region, despite national legislation protecting indigenous languages. The book is interdisciplinary and takes a critical theory approach, highlighting the tensions between indigenous peoples and the state. It covers topics such as language education, literacy, and translation and interpretation, and offers suggestions for language policy development and indigenous language revitalization. While the book focuses on the Andean region, its insights can be applied to other multilingual communities. [Extracted from the article]
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141. Fantastical speeches: Performing fanfiction to model protest communication.
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Muller, S. Marek
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COMMUNICATION models ,FAN fiction ,COMMUNICATIVE action ,POLITICAL communication ,COMMUNICATIVE competence ,SOCIAL movements - Abstract
This original teaching idea is designed for a course unit on protest communication. It consists of a performed protest speech, dubbed the "fantastical speech," and a post-speech reflective analysis. Students utilize the subversive genre of fanfiction to compose a protest speech in which, as a fictional character, they convince their fictional audience to change the canonical plot of their fictional universe. Students will leave the activity with an understanding of protest communication and the ability to convey their own protest messages effectively. Courses:Persuasion, Social Movements, Introduction to Rhetoric, Argumentation, Public Advocacy, Civic Engagement, Political Communication, Public Speaking. Objectives:This unit activity invites students to change the canonical plot of one of their favorite fictional universes by taking on the persona of a fictional character and engaging other members of that universe to make a dramatic, noncanonical change. By the end of this unit activity, students will: (1) understand the purpose, place, and other generic features of protest communication; (2) name, define, and utilize specific communication strategies to convey their own protest message effectively; (3) perform their own preprepared protest speech; and (4) concisely reflect on their invention and delivery processes using communicative theories of activism, advocacy, and social protest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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142. Corporate Responses to Social Activism: A Review and Research Agenda.
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Wu, Zhiyan and Liu, Siyu
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SOCIAL advocacy ,BUSINESS enterprises ,DECISION making in business ,MANAGEMENT ,BUSINESS research - Abstract
We take a process perspective to review the literature on corporate responses to social activism and argue that theoretical advances have not kept pace with the extensive and expanding scope of the literature. We identify three critical assumptions in the literature, which we believe can be traced back to two overarching issues: a mechanistic conceptualization that ascribes limited reflexivity to managers and an overreliance on variance theorizing. In order to tackle these challenges and propel future research, we suggest a research agenda that revolves around an enhanced role for managerial reflexivity in theory development and a stronger emphasis on the process-oriented view of the relationship between activism and response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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143. South‐south refugee movements: Do pull factors play a role?
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Lanati, Mauro and Thiele, Rainer
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REFUGEES ,EVIDENCE gaps ,GRAVITY model (Social sciences) ,SOCIAL movements ,ETHICAL investments - Abstract
Studies analyzing the pattern of international refugee flows have so far focussed on movements to OECD destinations, even though the vast majority of refugees live in non‐OECD countries. Employing a standard gravity model of international migration, we fill this research gap by investigating the impact of destination country characteristics on south‐south refugee movements over the period 2004–2019. Our findings suggest that refugees tend to move to safe neighboring countries but also positively respond to local pull factors such as relatively high per‐capita income levels and the availability of education and health services when choosing their country of destination. Donors have the ability to affect the direction of south‐south refugee movements by investing in the social infrastructure of potential destination countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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144. VALDIVIELSO, Joaquín (Ed.): Democracia en estado de alarma. Sujetos emergentes y esfera pública, Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, 2022, 323p.
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Huete, Xiana
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PUBLIC sphere ,AUTONOMY & independence movements ,SOCIAL integration ,RIGHT-wing extremism ,SOCIAL movements ,POLITICAL participation ,WOMEN'S rights - Abstract
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145. Civil society in Brazilian urban peripheries during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
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Holanda, Bruna de Morais
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COVID-19 pandemic ,CIVIL society ,SOLIDARITY ,EMPLOYEE well-being ,COLLECTIVE action - Abstract
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146. Transnational Capitalist Class Theory: An Assessment.
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Laibman, David
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INVESTORS ,SOCIAL movements ,RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine, 2022- - Abstract
The article focuses on critiquing sociologist, William Robinson's theory of the Transnational Capitalist Class (TCC) from a Marxist perspective. It examines how Robinson's framework addresses the evolution of capitalism beyond national boundaries and the role of nation-states in facilitating capitalist expansion and imperialism. It emphasizes the need for a deeper analysis of the interplay between capitalist class dynamics, state policies, and global economic structures.
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147. Centering and Decentering Women: U.S. Supreme Court Discrimination Opinions and a Discursive Struggle over Women's Status.
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McCammon, Holly J. and Konet, Amanda
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SEX discrimination in education ,SEX discrimination in employment ,SOCIAL status ,SOCIAL movements - Abstract
We examined the Supreme Court's workplace and educational gender-discrimination cases from the 1970s to the present, assessing how they discuss women, their status, and workplace and educational experiences. Our study is situated in scholarship on status hierarchies, gendered cultural frameworks, and sociolegal understandings of the role of justice ideology and social movement influences on court decision making. We used a novel method for assessing court opinions, a combination of computerized text and qualitative analysis, to distill distinct vocabulary and meanings articulated in opinions decided in favor of and against the original female plaintiffs. We found pronounced differences in the court's discourse, with women centered in pro-plaintiff opinions, where decisions rely on an egalitarian gender framework, and decentered in pro-opponent opinions that draw on a traditional framework. These gender ideological frameworks remain largely stable over time, albeit with some changes, revealing an ongoing discursive struggle over women's status in the court. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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148. Research for teaching’s sake: Preparing public affairs students for the fight over social equity, reflections from a PATNet roundtable.
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Kennedy, Alexis R.
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STUDENT affairs services , *SOCIAL movements , *RICE wines , *PUBLIC administration , *THEORY-practice relationship - Abstract
AbstractThe social movements of the last few years have highlighted the continued institutional inequities that exist in the United States. They have reinvigorated policy and administrative practices and programs that support DEIJ. They have also reawakened in earnest a battle that has been waged since colonial America, one in which people in power work to pass policies and promote institutions that undo social equity and uphold oppression. As public administration scholars and teachers, it is critical for us to give our students the tools, language, and skills necessary to fight against oppression. In this dialogue, I present advice from social equity scholars on how to accomplish this by highlighting conversations from a roundtable discussion held at PATNet 2023. Themes include overall feelings about teaching social equity, discussing positionality, incorporating interdisciplinary theory, linking theory to practice, and teaching under censorship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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149. Sustaining a social movement through infrastructural followup: activist pedagogies and prefigurative politics in Narmada Bachao Andolan’s schools for life (<italic>jeevanshalas</italic>)
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Sutoris, Peter
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SOCIAL movements , *STUDENTS , *YOUNG adults , *MOVEMENT education , *ACTIVISTS , *SOCIALIZATION - Abstract
This article is based on an exploratory study of
jeevanshalas , a network of ‘schools for life’ run by theNarmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), an anti-dam movement in the Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra that did not succeed in its mission of stopping the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam. Based on participant observation and conversations with movement leaders, teachers, administrators, parents and community volunteers, and on participatory research with children living in the localities of Jeevan Nagar and Trishul, Maharashtra, this article illuminates how the NBA reinvented itself through education. It argues that the jeevanshalas offer a model of long-term sustainability for social movements whose aim is not necessarily to grow the movement’s membership but to catalyse wider societal change that might eliminate the need for the movement. The findings suggest that the NBA’s understanding of the social purpose of education reflects a view of young people as political agents whose voices shape the community’s collective future, in marked contrast with India’s state-run depoliticising education system. The jeevanshalas thus represent a previously under-researched model of social movement led education whose explicit aim is not to train movement agents but to leverage the transformative potential of education to address underlying patterns of oppression. The article theorises this rearticulation of the concept of ‘social movement schools’ through Spivak’s notion of ‘infrastructural followup’, which parallels recent debates about the nature of prefigurative politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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150. Repertoires of action and collective memory: the re-emergence of feminist self-managed health centers in Italy.
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Barone, Anastasia
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SOCIAL movements , *COLLECTIVE action , *MEDICAL centers , *IMPLICIT memory , *MNEMONICS , *GROUP identity , *COLLECTIVE memory , *FEMINISTS - Abstract
This article analyzes the relationship between repertoires of action and collective memory by exploring the re-emergence of feminist self-managed health centers in Italy. These were a key form of action of 1970s feminism in the country, which rapidly disappeared after the institution of state-based Family Health Centers. In the last decades, feminist and transfeminist self-managed health centers have resurfaced in several Italian cities. The present article investigates the mnemonic dynamics underpinning the re-adoption of a form of action from the past in subsequent cycles of mobilization. Social movement scholars have stressed the relatively stable and repetitive character of the repertoire of collective action over time, considering it as part of an implicit memory. The article examines a case in which the discontinuous adoption of a form of action makes its retrieval by subsequent activists the result of active memory work. While the study of social movements and collective memory has grown considerably in the last decades, the study of repertoires remains largely under-researched in this field. Filling this gap, this study shows how, by adopting a symbolically and historically meaningful repertoire, activists re-elaborate their collective identity in the present and establish a relationship with previous cycles. It suggests that further research should investigate the relationship between collective memory and repertoires of action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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