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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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10 Dec 2007
TL;DR: Palavras-Chave as discussed by the authors provides a review of recent developments in the social psychology of movement participation and provides a discussion of participation in the life course, starting with a description of forms of participacao and continuing with a discussion about participation.
Abstract: This paper provides a review of recent developments in the social psychology of movement participation. It begins with a description of forms of participation and continues with a discussion of participation in the life course. The centre piece, however, concerns the dynamics of participation. Elaborating on these dynamics the ‘demand-supply’ metaphor is borrowed from economics. Participation in a social movement is defined as the outcome of a process of mobilization that brings a demand for political protest that exists in a society together with a supply of opportunities to take part in protest offered by movement organizations. The social psychological transaction that is taking place between an individual considering to participate in a social movement activity and a movement organization trying to persuade the individual to take part in its activities is conceptualised in terms of three fundamental motives: people may want to change their circumstances (instrumentality), they may want to act as members of their group (identity), or they may want to give meaning to their world and express their views and feelings (ideology). The demand- and supplyside of participation are discussed in terms of these three motives. Steps in the process of mobilization are analysed. Keywords Participation, social movement, social psychology, political psychology, mobilization process Resumo Este artigo faz uma revisao do recente desenvolvimento da psicologia social dos movimentos sociais. Inicia-se com uma descricao das formas de participacao e continua com uma descricao da participacao na vida social. A questao central, no entanto, diz respeito a dinâmica de participacao. Palavras-Chave Participacao, movimentos sociais, psicologia social, psicologia politica, processo de mobilizacao

275 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jun 2005-Antipode
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the changing politics of sexuality in the context of new forms of social governance associated with neoliberalism, central to which is professionalisation and particular forms of knowledge production.
Abstract: Since the 1990s the dominant political discourse of social movements concerned with “sexual politics” has been that of seeking access into mainstream culture through demanding equal rights of citizenship. I focus on the changing politics of sexuality in the context of new forms of social governance associated with neoliberalism, central to which is professionalisation and particular forms of knowledge production. Changes in political organising, coupled with the growth in identity-based consumption and the greater visibility of lesbians and gay men as consumer citizens, have provided a variety of opportunities for new professional careers. I discuss these developments and suggest that a key aspect of this increase in professionalisation is the construction of the gay and lesbian subject as part of a national and, in some instances, an international constituency. Finally, I consider how, in recent years, new forms of professionalisation of knowledge production about lesbians and gay men have emerged, not only in terms of political and market interests, but also in the academy.

275 citations

Book
17 Apr 1996
TL;DR: Hoskyns et al. as discussed by the authors track these developments across the EU member states using a wide range of primary sources, including original interviews with some of the key women involved at grassroots, professional and official levels.
Abstract: During 1996-97, the European Union's Intergovernmental Conference is reviewing the competence, institutional structure and working methods of the Union. This book seeks to make an intervention in the debate on these issues by highlighting the obstacles and opportunities for an effective policy on the rights of women at work. Since the 1970s, European Community legislation on conditions of employment has provided a rare example of European policy which grants social rights and engages, at least to some extent, with a mobilized political community. Analysis of policy implementation reveals the complex web which develops when national and transnational state activity interacts with social movements operating in different national and cultural contexts. In this book, Catherine Hoskyns tracks these developments across the EU member states using a wide range of primary sources, including original interviews with some of the key women involved at grassroots, professional and official levels.

274 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: This paper examined the history of scholarship on social movements, finding that emotions were poorly specified in the early years, ignored entirely in the structural and organizational paradigms that emerged in the 1960s, and still overlooked in the cultural era of the 1980s and 1990s.
Abstract: In recent years sociologists have made great strides in studying the emotions that pervade social life. The study of social movements has lagged behind, even though there are few arenas where emotions are more obvious or important. We hope to understand this lag as well as make some suggestions for catching up. To do this we examine the history of scholarship on social movements, finding that emotions were poorly specified in the early years, ignored entirely in the structural and organizational paradigms that emerged in the 1960s, and still overlooked in the cultural era of the 1980s and 1990s. Despite isolated efforts to understand the emotions of social movements, they remain today a fertile area for inquiry.

274 citations

Book
07 Oct 2003
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the post-Structuralist Consensus in Social Movement Theory, and discusses hot Movements, Cold Cognition: Thinking about Social Movements in Gendered Frames.
Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 I Political Process Theory: Opportunity or Constraint? Chapter 3 Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory Chapter 4 Wise Quacks Chapter 5 Paradigm Warriors: Regress and Progress in the Study of Contentious Politics Chapter 6 Tending the Vineyard: Cultivating Political Process Research Chapter 7 Political Opportunity Structure: Some Splitting to Balance the Lumping Chapter 8 Trouble in Paradigms Part 9 II Beyond Dominant Paradigms Chapter 10 Culture Is Not Just in Your Head Chapter 11 The Post-Structuralist Consensus in Social Movement Theory Chapter 12 The Intellectual Challenges of Toiling in the Vineyard Chapter 13 Knowledge for What? Thoughts on the State of Social Movements Studies Chapter 14 Passionate Political Processes: Bringing Emotions Back into the Study of Social Movements Chapter 15 Why David Sometimes Wins: Strategic Capacity in Social Movements Part 16 III Concluding Reflections Chapter 17 Rethinking Political Process Theory Chapter 18 Reflections on Social Movement Theory: Criticisms and Proposals Chapter 19 Hot Movements, Cold Cognition: Thinking about Social Movements in Gendered Frames

274 citations


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