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a. Social Protest
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is an attempt by a collective through public demonstration to change the formal institutional structures of a society to their benefit: importantly, social protest is extra-institutional politics
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Three Illustrative of Social Protest
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ad-hoc protest
short term social protest movement case of protracted social protest movement |
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ad-hoc protest
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les shwab: pig raffle
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short term social protest
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UCD Occupy
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Protracted social protest movement
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Civil Right Era
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Four dimensions of social protest
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degree of spontaneity
form of expression timeframe scope of protest |
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degree of spontaneity
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typically lower: require some degree of planning, organizing, coordination
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Form of Expression
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symbols, formal communication, media support, broadcasts: sending out the message
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Timeframe:
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crowd actions, minutes, hours, days-- social protest years, decades--beyond
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Scope of protest
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shorter in duration, fewer people, less planning-- less resources
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extra-local protest
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more strategy, greater leadership, more resources, political connections
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Explaining and predicting social protest activity
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parental conflicts theory
authoritarian personalities theory anomie theory strain venting theory |
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Parental conflicts theory
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Feuer theorized that social protest movements reflect people working out their grievances w/ authority-- boys to fathers
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Authoritarian personalities theory
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reflects true believers, to join in, follow orders and obey commands
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Anomie theory
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alternative community: reflected participants in need of social connection wiling to do what their new family bid them to
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Strain venting theory
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pent up frustration and venting based in real subjective levels of : deprivation-- aggressionn--frustration
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Collective Action Studies:
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attitudes
beliefs values Structure of availability |
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Attitudes, Beliefs, Values
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make one eligible or preclude one's participation in a social protest activity
* therefore attitudes, beliefs, and values supply minimum requirement for participation in social protest |
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Structures of availability
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prior contact-relations with an activist
membership--affliction with protest organization few biographical constraints: all things being equal, structural issues will predict who will likely to participate in social protest |
