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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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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: The Future of Internet Politics Glossary Abbreviations and Acronyms Bibliography Index as discussed by the authors The future of Internet politics glossary is discussed in Section 5.1.
Abstract: Preface List of Figures, Tables, and Panels 1. Introduction PART ONE: CONTEXTS 2. Internet Politics: Some Conceptual Tools 3. Network Logic: A Political Pre-History of the Internet 4. Access, Inclusion, and the Digital Divide PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS 5. Community, Deliberation and Participation: E-Democracy 6. Interest Groups and Social Movements: E-Mobilization 7. Parties, Candidates, and Elections: E-Campaigning 8. Executives and Bureaucracies: E-Government PART THREE: ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES 9. Constructing the "Global Information Society" 10. The Rise of Internet Governance 11. Surveillance, Privacy, and Security 12. The Political Economy of New Media 13. Conclusion: The Future of Internet Politics Glossary Abbreviations and Acronyms Bibliography Index
542 citations
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29 Sep 1995
TL;DR: Della Porta as mentioned in this paper used a comparative research design to analyse movements in two countries - Italy and Germany - from the 1960s to the 1990s, through extensive usage of official documents and in-depth interviews, to explain the actors' construction of external political reality.
Abstract: This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single - nations, Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyse movements in two countries - Italy and Germany - from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through extensive usage of official documents and in-depth interviews, della Porta is able to explain the actors' construction of external political reality. The empirical data are used to build a middle-range theory of political violence that incorporates an analysis of the interactions between social movements and the state at the macro-level, an analysis of the development of radical organizations as entrepreneurs for political violence at the meso-level, and an analysis of the construction of 'militant' identities and countercultures at the micro-level.
541 citations
TL;DR: The authors analyzes organizational case histories from the pro-choice (abortion rights) movement to explore the consequences of professional leadership and formal structure in social movements, concluding that professional leaders and formalized social movement organizations stimulate the use of institutionalized tactics.
Abstract: Resource mobilization theorists have argued that professionalized social movements emerge as more sources offending become available for activists who make careers out of being movement leaders. This paper analyzes organizational case histories from the pro-choice (abortion rights) movement to explore the consequences of professional leadership and formal structure in social movements. Five general propositions are drawn from the case of the pro-choice movement: (1) professional movement activists do not initiate movements and create new tactics; the roles of movement "professional" and movement "entrepreneur" are distinct; (2) professional movement leaders tend to formalize the organizations they lead; (3) formalized social movement organizations (SMOs) help maintain social movements when environmental conditions make mobilization difficult; (4) professional leaders and formalized SMOs stimulate the use of institutionalized tactics; and (5) professionalization and formalization facilitate coalition work.
537 citations
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04 Mar 2011
TL;DR: Earl and Kimport as discussed by the authors examined key characteristics of online political protest and investigated their impacts on organizing and participation, and found that the more these affordances are leveraged, the more transformative the changes to organizing and participating in protest.
Abstract: Much attention has been paid in recent years to the emergence of "Internet activism," but scholars and pundits disagree about whether online political activity is different in kind from more traditional forms of activism. Does the global reach and blazing speed of the Internet affect the essential character or dynamics of online political protest? In Digitally Enabled Social Change, Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport examine key characteristics of Web activism and investigate their impacts on organizing and participation. Earl and Kimport argue that the Web offers two key affordances relevant to activism: sharply reduced costs for creating, organizing, and participating in protest; and the decreased need for activists to be physically together in order to act together. A rally can be organized and demonstrators recruited entirely online, without the cost of printing and mailing; an activist can create an online petition in minutes and gather e-signatures from coast to coast using only her laptop. Drawing on evidence from samples of online petitions, boycotts, and letter-writing and e-mailing campaigns, Earl and Kimport show that the more these affordances are leveraged, the more transformative the changes to organizing and participating in protest; the less these affordances are leveraged, the more superficial the changes. The rally organizers, for example, can save money on communication and coordination, but the project of staging the rally remains essentially the same. Tools that allow a single activist to create and circulate a petition entirely online, however, enable more radical changes in the process. The transformative nature of these changes, Earl and Kimport suggest, demonstrate the need to revisit long-standing theoretical assumptions about social movements.
536 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the utility of new social movement theories for analyzing contemporary forms of collective action is assessed and an overview and assessment of their utility is provided for analyzing these forms of action.
Abstract: This article offers an overview and assessment of the utility of new social movement theories for analyzing contemporary forms of collective action. The article beings with a brief overview of the ...
535 citations