Democracy in Social Movements

315 Pages·2009·2.795 MB·English

by  Donatella della Porta (eds.)

Democracy in Social Movements
AlsobyDonatelladellaPorta
GLOBALDEMOCRACYANDTHEWORLDSOCIALFORUM(co-authored)
THEGLOBALJUSTICEMOVEMENT:CrossNationalandTransnational
Perspectives(edited)
THEPOLICINGOFTRANSNATIONALPROTEST(co-edited)
GLOBALIZATIONFROMBELOW(co-authored)
SOCIALMOVEMENTS:AnIntroduction(co-authored)
TRANSNATIONALPROTESTANDGLOBALACTIVISM(co-edited)
SOCIALMOVEMENTSINAGLOBALIZINGWORLD(co-edited)
SOCIALMOVEMENTS,POLITICALVIOLENCEANDTHESTATE
Democracy in Social
Movements
Editedby
Donatella della Porta
EuropeanUniversityInstitute,Italy
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Contents
ListofTables vii
ListofFigures x
Acknowledgements xi
NotesonContributors xii
OrganizationalStructuresandVisionsofDemocracyinthe
GlobalJusticeMovement:AnIntroduction 1
DonatelladellaPorta
1 GlobalJusticeMovementOrganizations:The
OrganizationalPopulation 16
DonatelladellaPorta
2 ParticipatoryTraditionswithintheGlobalJustice
Movement 44
HerbertReiter
3 ConsensusinMovements 73
DonatelladellaPorta
4 SocialMovementsandMultilevelGovernance:The
ExternalDimensionofDemocracy 100
DonatelladellaPorta
5 WhyAreSocialMovementOrganizationsDeliberative?
StructuralandCulturalDeterminantsofInternal
DecisionMakingintheGlobalJusticeMovement 127
MarcoGiugniandAlessandroNai
6 OrganizationalSizeandDemocraticPractices:CanLarge
BeBeautiful? 150
ClareSaunders
7 FormsofActionofGlobalJusticeMovementGroups:Do
ConceptionsandPracticesofDemocracyMatter? 171
DieterRuchtandSimonTeune
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8 UnconventionalPoliticsOnline:InternetandtheGlobal
JusticeMovement 194
LorenzoMoscaandDonatelladellaPorta
9 TheGenerationalIssue:TheImpactofOrganizations’Age
onVisionsofDemocracy 217
HélèneCombes,NicolasHaeringerandIsabelleSommier
10 CrossingBorders:TransnationalActivisminEuropean
SocialMovements 234
MarioPianta,RaffaeleMarchetti,andDuccioZola
DemocracyinMovement:SomeConclusions 262
DonatelladellaPorta
References 275
Index 296
List of Tables
I.1 Approachestoorganizationalsociology 4
1.1 Senseofbelongingtothemovementpercountry
accordingtotheinterviews 18
1.2 Perceptionofthemovementpercountry 19
1.3 Basicthemesmentionedinfundamentaldocuments 26
1.4 Participationinmovementeventspercountry
accordingtotheinterviews 29
1.5 Issuesofnetworks/campaignsofthemovementper
countryaccordingtotheinterviews 30
1.6 Mainstrategiesofthegroupsbycountryaccordingto
theinterviews 31
1.7 Repertoireofactionofthegroupspercountry
accordingtotheinterviews 32
1.8 Typologyofdemocraticinternaldecision-making
accordingtofundamentaldocumentsandinterviews 40
1.9 Aglobalsocialmovement:Asummary 42
2.1 Delegationininternaldecisionmakingbymentioning
ofparticipatoryvalues 48
2.2 Movementareabymentioningofparticipationasa
valueanddegreeofdelegationininternaldecision
making 52
2.3 Organizationalfieldsbymentioningofparticipationas
avalueanddegreeofdelegationininternaldecision
making 59
2.4 Mentioningofparticipatoryvaluesanddegreeof
delegationbynationalnetworking 65
2.5 Mentioningofparticipatoryvaluesanddegreeof
internaldelegationbyrelationswithlocal,national,or
internationalstateinstitutions 68
3.1 Internalandgeneraldemocraticvalues 77
3.2 Associationbetweenselectedorganizationalvaluesand
organizationalstructure 86
3.3 Mentionsofdemocraticvaluesbymovementarea 90
4.1 Relationshipswithinstitutionsandeconomicactors
accordingtofundamentaldocuments 104
4.2 Relationshipwithinstitutionsaccordingtointerviews 105
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4.3 Organizations’countryandrelationshipswith
institutionsaccordingtofundamental
documents 116
4.4 Attitudesofcollaboration(unconditionedand
selective)towardsinstitutionsatdifferentlevelsper
countryaccordingtointerviews 116
4.5 Relationshipswithinstitutionsandorganizational
structureaccordingtofundamentaldocuments 118
4.6 Relationswithinstitutionsandorganizational
resourcesaccordingtointerviews 119
4.7 Relationshipswithinstitutionsand(selected)
organizationalvaluesaccordingtofundamental
documents 121
5.1 Democraticmodelsbycountry(%) 128
5.2 Estimateofeffectsofselectedindependentvariables
ontwocontrastingdecisionmodels(oddsratios) 138
6.1 Oligarchictendenciesoflargeorganizations 158
6.2 Oligarchictendenciesofsmallorganizations 158
6.3 Rulesforsmallorganizations 159
7.1 Formsofactionusedbymoderateandconfrontational
GJMOs 179
7.2 Organizationalformsandformsofaction 181
7.3 CharacteristicsofGJMOsandformsofaction 183
7.4 Measuresofformalization 185
7.5 GJMOs’environmentsandformsofaction 187
8.1 UseoftheInternetbyGJMactivists 198
8.2 Relationbetweenofflineandonlineactivity 199
8.3 EvaluationoftheroleoftheInternet 200
8.4 IndexesofWebsites’qualities 210
8.5 Externalandinternalcharacteristics’influenceonWeb
sites’qualities 211
8.6 Socialmovementareas’influenceonWebsites’qualities 213
9.1 Opennessofthedecisionmakingprocess:Who
participatesinthedecision-makingofanassembly? 222
9.2 Theroleofconsensus:Howdoorganizationsmake
theirdecisions? 225
9.3 Natureofthegroup 228
9.4 Relationswithpublicinstitutions 231
10.1 DistributionofGJMOsbyissueofactivismand
country 240
10.2 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsbycountry 245
ListofTables ix
10.3 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsbyissueof
activism 246
10.4 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsbytypeof
organization 248
10.5 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsby
identity 249
10.6 Thedeterminantsoftransnationalactivism 253
10A.1 Thedeterminantsoftransnationalactivisminnational
organizations 259