Full Description
Social movement strategies and coalition dynamics in movements are two of the hottest arenas for cutting-edge research. Many case studies offer useful analytical windows through which we can understand the strategic choices made by individual movement organizations. Equally if not more important questions remain about how the positions a movement organization occupies in the broader social movement field impacts strategic decision-making. Coalition politics and conflicts matter to social movements.Thus Section One of this volume of "Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change" presents a series of papers focused on the complex dynamics of coalitions and the interorganizational relations within social movements. Another section follows immediately that compliments in an integrated way the first, this one focused on strategic decision making in social movements, including with regard to strategic alliances. The Volume closes with a third section on political opportunities and political inequalities. This volume of the "Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change" does what the series has always done best: showcase sound empirical work and creative theory-building that addresses those questions currently at the forefront of the field.
Contents
INTRODUCTIONPatrick G. CoyPART I: COALITION DYNAMICS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTSLINKING STRATEGIC CHOICE WITH MACRO-ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS: STRATEGY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT ARTICULATION Dennis J. Downey and Deana A. RohlingerCOALITION DISSOLUTION, MOBILIZATION, AND NETWORK DYNAMICS IN THE U.S. ANTIWAR MOVEMENTMichael T. Heaney and Fabio RojasSOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND COALITIONS: COMPARISONS FROM THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINAElizabeth BorlandMESOMOBILIZATION AND FRAGILE COALITIONS: ABORIGINAL POLITICS AND TREATY-MAKING IN BRITISH COLUMBIAR.S. Ratner and Andrew WoolfordTHE LIVING WAGE MOVEMENT AND THE ECONOMICS OF MORALITY:FRAMES, IDEOLOGY AND THE DISCURSIVE FIELDShehzad NadeemPART II: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTSPROFESSIONAL AND POLITICAL ALLIANCES, LEGITIMATING AUTHORITY AND THE LONGEVITY OF HEALTH MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONSMatthew E. Archibald and Kendralin J. FreemanOPPOSING MOVEMENT STRATEGIES IN U.S. ABORTION POLITICSDavid S. Meyer and Suzanne StaggenborgWHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DECLINE:COMPETING NARRATIVES IN THE AMSTERDAM SQUATTERS' MOVEMENTLynn OwensPART III: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND POLITICAL INEQUALITIESRESTRICTING PUBLIC LIFE, CREATING DEADLY STRIFE:HOW POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION IMPACTS INTERETHNIC CONFLICTClayton D. Peoples and Tina Hsu SchweizerSTARVING FOR CHANGE: THE HUNGER STRIKE AND NONVIOLENT ACTION, 1906 - 2004 Stephen J. Scanlan, Laurie Cooper Stoll and Kimberly Lumm
