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Women against the state: Political opportunities and collective action frames in chile's transition to democracy
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In this article, the authors use an historical in-depth case study to examine how and why women mobilized against the state in Chile and suggest that the manner in which ideology and cultural themes are framed may provide opportunities for protest, especially in the authoritarian context.Abstract:
While transitions to democracy have been hailed as the most important phenomena of this century, few scholars understand the role that women have played in these metamorphoses. This article uses an historical in-depth case study to examine how and why women mobilized against the state in Chile. Previous social movement theories have not attended adequately to cultural and ideational elements (e.g., gender ideology), much less these factors in the Third World and authoritarian context. In contrast, the present study modifies and extends the concepts of political opportunity structure and collective action frames, suggesting that the manner in which ideology and cultural themes are framed may provide opportunities for protest, especially in the authoritarian context. Specifically, the rise and fall of broader mobilizational frames or master frames shapes how movement-specific frames compete, decay, and transform, as some master frames create space for certain ideas (e.g., feminism) while others do not. New hypotheses regarding the use of collective action frames in a nondemocratic setting are offered.read more
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Framing Processes and Social Movements: An Overview and Assessment
Robert D. Benford,David A. Snow +1 more
TL;DR: The recent proliferation of research on collective action frames and framing processes in relation to social movements indicates that framing processes have come to be regarded, alongside resource mobilization and political opportunity processes, as a central dynamic in understanding the character and course of social movements.
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FRAMING THE ABORTION DEBARTE: Organizational Resources, Media Strategies, and Movement‐Countermovement Dynamics
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The Cultural Contexts of Collective Action: Constraints, Opportunities, and the Symbolic Life of Social Movements
TL;DR: The authors make an argument for increased attention to the cultural environment in which social movements occur and how that environment shapes collective action, and make a case for the importance of culture in social movements.
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Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory
John D. McCarthy,Mayer N. Zald +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a set of concepts and related propositions drawn from a resource mobilization perspective, emphasizing the variety and sources of resources; the relationship of social movements to the media, authorities, and other parties; and the interaction among movement organizations.
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Frame alignment processes, micromobilization, and movement participation.
TL;DR: In this article, Frame alignment, of one variety or another, is a necessary condition for participation, whatever its nature or intensity, and that it is typically an interactional and ongoing accomplishment.
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From mobilization to revolution
TL;DR: In the offensive case, a group pools resources in response to opportunities to realize its interests as discussed by the authors, which is the most top-down form of mobilization, whereas in the preventive case, the group pool resources in anticipation of future opportunities and threats.