Players and Arenas brings together a diverse group of experts to examine the interactions between political protestors and the many strategic players they encounter, such as cultural institutions, religious organizations, and the mass media“as well as potential allies, competitors, recruits, and funders. Discussing protestors and players as they interact within the arenas of specific social contexts, the essays show that the main constraints on what protestors can accomplish come not from social and political structures, but from other players with different goals and interests. Through a careful treatment of these situations, this volume offers a new way to approach the role of social protest in national and international politics.
Author(s): Jan Willem Duyvendak, James Jasper
Series: Protest And Social Movements
Edition: 1
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Year: 2015
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 327
Tags: Political Participation; Protest Movements; Social Movements: Psychological Aspects
Cover
Contents
Introduction
Playing the Game
James M. Jasper
Part 1 – Insiders and supporters
1 Movement Factions
Players and Processes
Francesca Polletta and Kelsy Kretschmer
2 Fractal Arenas
Dilemmas of Style and Strategy in a Brazilian Student Congress1
Ann Mische
3 Beyond Channeling and Professionalization
Foundations as Strategic Players in Social Movements
Edward T. Walker
4 Mind the Gap!
Strategic Interaction during Summit Protests
Christian Scholl
Part 2 – Market players
5 Corporations as Players and Arenas
Philip Balsiger
6 Professions, Social Movements, and the Sovereign Corporation1
Frank Dobbin and Jiwook Jung
7 The Double Game of Unions and the Labor Movement
Ruth Milkman
Part 3 – Experts, intellectuals, and media
8 Giving Voice
The Ambivalent Roles of Specific Intellectuals in Immigrant and LGBT Movements
Walter Nicholls and Justus Uitermark
9 Playing with Fire
Flame-Retardant Activists and Policy Arenas
Alissa Cordner, Phil Brown, and Margaret Mulcahy
10 Put Me in, Coach? Referee? Owner? Security?
Why the News Media Rarely Cover Movements as Political Players1
Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, and Amber Celina Tierney
11 When and Why Religious Groups Become Political Players
The Pro-Life Movement in Nicaragua1
Silke Heumann and Jan Willem Duyvendak
12 What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Illuminate about Bystander Publics as Proto-Players
Hahrie Han and Dara Z. Strolovitch
Conclusion
Patterned Fluidity: An Interactionist Perspective as a Tool for Exploring Contentious Politics
Jan Willem Duyvendak and Olivier Fillieule
Contributors
Index
