- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- Abbreviations
- About the contributors
- Guided tour of learning features
- Guided tour of the Online Resource Centre
- World map
- World data
- Introduction to comparative politics
- Section 1 Theories and methods
- 1. The Relevance of Comparative Politics
- 2. Approaches in comparative politics
- 3. Comparative research methods
- Section 2 The historical context
- 4. The nation-state
- 5. Democracies
- 6. Authoritarian regimes
- Section 3 Structures and institutions
- 7. Legislatures
- 8. Governments and bureaucracies
- 9. Constitutions, rights, and judicial power
- 10. Elections and referendums
- 11. Federal and local government institutions
- Section 4 Actors and processes
- 12. Political parties
- 13. Party systems
- 14. Interest groups
- 15. Regions
- 16. Social movements
- 17. Political culture
- 18. Political participation
- 19. Political communication
- Section 5 Public policies
- 20. Policy-making
- 21. The welfare state
- 22. The impact of public policies
- Section 6 Beyond the nation-state
- 23. The EU as a new political system
- 24. Globalization and the nation-state
- 25. From supporting democracy to supporting autocracy
- Appendix 1: Country profiles
- Appendix 2: Comparative tables
- Appendix 3: World trends
- Glossary
- References
- Index
(p. 274) 16. Social movements
- Chapter:
- (p. 274) 16. Social movements
- Author(s):
Hanspeter Kriesi
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198737421.003.0018
This chapter focuses on social movements, specific forms of collective behaviour having action repertoires of their own that distinguish them from established political actors. Social movements include movements of the extreme right and anti-racist movements, transnational peace movements, and movements aimed against powerful financial interests and orchestrated through social media. The chapter first explains the meaning of social movements and presents a conceptualization of key terms before comparing social movements with organizations. It then considers how social movements attract the attention and gain the support of the public through a combination of protest politics and information politics. It also discusses the role of social movements in political processes and describes three theoretical approaches to social movements: the classical model, the resource mobilization model, and the political process model. The chapter concludes by analysing the emergence, the level of mobilization, and the success of social movements.
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- Abbreviations
- About the contributors
- Guided tour of learning features
- Guided tour of the Online Resource Centre
- World map
- World data
- Introduction to comparative politics
- Section 1 Theories and methods
- 1. The Relevance of Comparative Politics
- 2. Approaches in comparative politics
- 3. Comparative research methods
- Section 2 The historical context
- 4. The nation-state
- 5. Democracies
- 6. Authoritarian regimes
- Section 3 Structures and institutions
- 7. Legislatures
- 8. Governments and bureaucracies
- 9. Constitutions, rights, and judicial power
- 10. Elections and referendums
- 11. Federal and local government institutions
- Section 4 Actors and processes
- 12. Political parties
- 13. Party systems
- 14. Interest groups
- 15. Regions
- 16. Social movements
- 17. Political culture
- 18. Political participation
- 19. Political communication
- Section 5 Public policies
- 20. Policy-making
- 21. The welfare state
- 22. The impact of public policies
- Section 6 Beyond the nation-state
- 23. The EU as a new political system
- 24. Globalization and the nation-state
- 25. From supporting democracy to supporting autocracy
- Appendix 1: Country profiles
- Appendix 2: Comparative tables
- Appendix 3: World trends
- Glossary
- References
- Index