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Social movement

About: Social movement is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 23103 publications have been published within this topic receiving 653076 citations. The topic is also known as: movement & syndical movement.


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TL;DR: This article argued that accounts of global environmental governance grounded in orthodox International Relations lack an analysis of agency and power relations, and argued that the potentiality of radical social movement agency is best understood through a neo-Gramscian approach, which identifies global civil society as simultaneously a site for the maintenance of, as well as challenges to, hegemony.
Abstract: In line with a critical theoretical perspective, which sees global environmental governance as embedded in the wider neoliberal global political economy, this article argues that accounts of global environmental governance grounded in orthodox International Relations lack an analysis of agency and power relations. This is particularly visible in the problematic assertion that global civil society—where social movements are said to be located—presents a democratizing force for global environmental governance. Through a critical conceptualization of agency the article analyzes social movements (including NGOs) and the challenges to global environmental governance, with an illustration of movements campaigning against toxic waste. It suggests that the potentiality of radical social movement agency is best understood through a neo-Gramscian approach, which identifies global civil society as simultaneously a site for the maintenance of, as well as challenges to, hegemony. It explores the extent to which global...

136 citations

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TL;DR: The role of social networks for individual social movement participation is discussed in this paper, where the authors argue that networks perform three fundamental functions in the process leading to participation and that they intervene at different moments along this process.
Abstract: While numerous studies stress the crucial role of networks for social movement participation, they generally do not specify how networks affect individual behaviors. This article clarifies the role of social networks for individual social movement participation. It argues that networks perform three fundamental functions in the process leading to participation and that they intervene at different moments along this process. First, networks socialize and build individual identities—a socialization function. Second, they offer participation opportunities to individuals who are culturally sensitive to a specific political issue—a structural-connection function. Third, they shape individual preferences before individuals decide to join a move-ment—a decision-shaping function. These network functions allow us to disentangle the mechanisms at work in the process of participation. They also integrate structural and rationalist theories, which are often considered opposing explanations of individual movement part...

136 citations

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TL;DR: The authors applied an intersectional framework to a content analysis of over 400,000 tweets related to #SayHerName, a dialogue that centres Black cisgender and transgender women victims of state-sanctioned violence.
Abstract: Social media activism presents sociologists with the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how groups form and sustain collective identities around political issues throughout the course of a social movement. This paper contributes to a growing body of sociological literature on social media by applying an intersectional framework to a content analysis of over 400,000 tweets related to #SayHerName. Our findings demonstrate that Twitter users who identified with #SayHerName engage in intersectional mobilization by highlighting Black women victims of police violence and giving attention to intersections with gender identity. #SayHerName is a dialogue that centres Black cisgender and transgender women victims of state-sanctioned violence. Additionally, #SayHerName is a space for highlighting Black women victims of non-police violence. Therefore, we propose that future research on social media activism should incorporate intersectionality as a basis for understanding the symbols and languag...

136 citations

Book
01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: The authors highlights the diversity of political responses to environmental issues by bringing together 40 readings in environmental politics, covering various definitions of environmental crisis; its causes and effects; and responses to it in institutions, politics, policies, community organizing and lifestyle.
Abstract: This volume highlights the diversity of political responses to environmental issues by bringing together 40 readings in environmental politics. These cover various definitions of environmental crisis; its causes and effects; and responses to it in institutions, politics, policies, community organizing and lifestyle. They are organized in a way that emphasizes the differences and debates across the various schools of thought on environmental affairs. The key debates cover: the severity of environmental problems - how real are ecological limits?; reformist responses to environmental issues - can expert administrators or liberal democratic institutions respond effectively?; environment and economics - is there a clash between economic and environmental values? Can sustainable development reconcile them?; Green critiques - what sorts of radical changes are advocated by deep ecologists, socialist ecologists, ecofeminists, environmental justice activists and others?; and society, the State, and the environment - how can Green critiques be put into political practice in social movements and democratic structures? The book offers a comprehensive introduction to environmental politics and should be a valuable text for all students of environmental politics and policy, and anyone with an interest in environmental issues.

136 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the correlates of midlife political participation among 64 Black and 107 White women of the college classes of 1967-1973 were examined, and the findings suggest that Black and White women's historical and political contexts imbued their political activities with different meanings.
Abstract: This study examined the correlates of midlife political participation among 64 Black and 107 White women of the college classes of 1967-1973. Compared with White women, Black women scored higher on political participation, generativity, power discontent, and politicization. Factor analysis of personality and political attitude variables yielded three factors labeled Political Identity, Power Discontent, and Social Responsibility. Adult political participation was regressed on level of student activism and index scores of political identity, power discontent, and social responsibility. For both racial groups, social responsibility was associated with midlife political participation. For White women, political identity was also related; for Black women, student activism bore a significant relationship. The findings suggest that Black and White women's historical and political contexts imbued their political activities with different meanings.

136 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20241
2023342
2022758
2021829
20201,073
20191,050